Houdini

Houdini 1953

7.1/10

NETFLIX Rating : 3.6

IMDB Rating : 6.9

FD Smart Rating : 7.1

Synopsis : This colorful biopic follows the life of the one and only Harry Houdini as he evolves from sideshow performer to celebrated illusionist.

Regions Available ( 8 ) :
Guernsey , Ireland , Isle of Man , Jersey , Macao , Morocco , Oman , United Kingdom

Directors:

George Marshall

Actors:

Torin Thatcher , Michael Pate , Janet Leigh , Connie Gilchrist , Stefan Schnabel , Ian Wolfe , Angela Clarke , Sig Ruman , Tony Curtis

Creators:

Philip Yordan , Harold Kellock

Languages:

English , English [Original]

Subtitles:

English

Genres:

Biography, Drama

Release Date:

1953

Run Time:

1h45m

Maturity Rating:

Suitable for all audiences

The amazing career of master magician Harry Houdini is presented from his beginnings with a carnival 'wild man' act to his emergence as an internationally-acclaimed illusionist, From his dramatic escape from a locked safe under the frozen Detroit River to an even more improbable one from a locked cell in Scotland Yard, he never failed to please and astound his audiences. Although Houdini's tricks are achieved through his marvelous physical dexterity and innate sleight-of-hand, he courted death with the hazardous illusions he performed and his compulsive quest to make contact with the spirit world.

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