The Mad Magician
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1954 · 1h 12m · UNRATED
Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
John Brahm
Overview
Don Gallico is an inventor of stage magic effects who aspires to become a star in his own right. Just before his first performance his act is shut down by capricious manager Ross Ormond who wants Gallico's brilliant buzz saw effect for the act of The Great Rinaldi, an established star. With this defeat, and the humiliation of having already lost his wife Claire to Ormond, Gallico decides it is time to take matters into his own hands.
Director and cast
- John Brahm Director
- Vincent Price as Don Gallico / Gallico the Great
- Mary Murphy as Karen Lee
- Eva Gabor as Claire Ormond
- John Emery as The Great Rinaldi
- Donald Randolph as Ross Ormond
- Lenita Lane as Alice Prentiss
- Patrick O'Neal as Lt. Alan Bruce
- Jay Novello as Frank Prentiss
- Corey Allen as Gus
- Roy Engel as Detective
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