Magic (1978)

R11/08/1978Drama, Horror1h 47m
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A terrifying love story.

Overview

A ventriloquist is at the mercy of his vicious dummy while he tries to renew a romance with his high school sweetheart.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Anthony Hopkins

    Corky Withers / Fats (voice)

  2. Cast 1

    Ann-Margret

    Peggy Ann Snow

  3. Cast 1

    Burgess Meredith

    Ben Greene

  4. Cast 1

    Ed Lauter

    Duke

  5. Cast 1

    E.J. André

    Merlin

  6. Cast 1

    Jerry Houser

    Cab Driver

  7. Cast 1

    David Ogden Stiers

    George Todson

  8. Cast 1

    Lillian Randolph

    Sadie

  9. Joe Lowry

    Club M.C.

'We're gonna be star-arrrs.' — "Fats" It had been two weeks after seeing Phantasm that my family's weekly "Movie Date Night" continued on with the next film treat on our list: Magic, the Richard Attenborough directed psychological horror, in which the now legendary Anthony Hopkins stars as Charles "Corky" Withers, an aspiring magician and Ventriloquist, whom, "in partnership" with a profanity-spewing ventriloquist dummy named "Fats", perform their comedy shticks before live audiences and together become a huge success. But the newfound fame - even coming with an offer to star in his own te...