Directed by:
George MarshallScreenplay:
Philip YordanCinematography:
Ernest LaszloComposer:
Roy WebbCast:
Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, Torin Thatcher, Angela Clarke, Stefan Schnabel, Ian Wolfe, Sig Ruman, Michael Pate, Connie Gilchrist, Malcolm Lee Beggs, Frank Orth (more)VOD (1)
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Tony Curtis stars as the great Houdini, the struggling circus performer who emerged as the world s most captivating magician and escape artist. From his beginnings as a wild man carnival act to the internationally famous feat of escaping from a locked trunk in an ice-jammed river, Houdini effectively captures the amazing life and courage of this fascinating man. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Tony Curtis
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Defiant Ones (1958)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Janet Leigh
USA
Best movies:
Psycho (1960)
Touch of Evil (1958)
Little Women (1949)
Torin Thatcher
Best movies:
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Great Expectations (1946)
Band of Angels (1957)
Angela Clarke
USA
Best movies:
Miracle of Fatima (1952)
The Gunfighter (1950)
Houdini (1953)
Stefan Schnabel
German Empire
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Freud (1962)
Houdini (1953)
Ian Wolfe
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Love Crazy (1941)
Sig Ruman
German Empire
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
One, Two, Three (1961)
Michael Pate
Australia
Best movies:
The Camel Boy (1984)
Julius Caesar (1953)
The Court Jester (1955)
Connie Gilchrist
USA
Best movies:
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Little Women (1949)
Act of Violence (1948)
Malcolm Lee Beggs
Best movies:
Houdini (1953)
Frank Orth
USA
Best movies:
The Lost Weekend (1945)
His Girl Friday (1940)
Tales of Manhattan (1942)
Barry Bernard
UK
Best movies:
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Houdini (1953)
Douglas Spencer
USA
Best movies:
Double Indemnity (1944)
The Heiress (1949)
The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
Eric Alden
USA
Best movies:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Fred Aldrich
USA
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Elsie Ames
USA
Best movies:
A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
Houdini (1953)
Minnie and Moskowitz (1971)
Peter Baldwin
USA
Best movies:
Stalag 17 (1953)
Teacher's Pet (1958)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Bobby Barber
USA
Best movies:
Modern Times (1936)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
John Barton
USA
Best movies:
Limelight (1952)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Oliver Blake
USA
Best movies:
Casablanca (1942)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)