The Mad Magician
1954 · 1h 12m · 6.9
Thriller, Crime, Mystery, Horror
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.
Vincent Price, Mary Murphy, Eva Gabor, John Emery, Donald Randolph, Lenita Lane, Patrick O'Neal, Jay Novello, Corey Allen, Conrad Brooks
mask, inventor, crematorium, illusion, contract, murder, black and white, police detective, fingerprint, ex-wife, circular saw, bonfire, landlady, impersonation, magic trick, mystery writer, illusionist, crime fiction writer, magician, rival