| | Houdini DVD (2 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Dramas DVDs, Thriller Movies, Adventure Videos, Suspense, Recommended, Biography, True Story | | Starring | Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, Michael Pate, Sig Ruman, Ian Wolfe, Torin Thatcher, Connie Gilchrist, Angela Clarke, Stefan Schnabel | | Director | George Marshall | | Composer | Roy Webb | | Costume Designer | Edith Head | | Director of Photography | Ernest Laszlo | | Editor | George Tomasini | | Producer | George Pal | | Production Designer | Hal Pereira, Albert Nozaki | | Screenwriter | Philip Yordan | | Source Writer | Harold Kellock |
Standard Screen; Soundtrack English Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh star in this film biography of the great magician Harry Houdini (Curtis), spanning the years from age 21 to his death. The movie chronicles his beginnings as an illusionist in New York City, his quick courtship and marriage to wife Bess (Leigh), and his subsequent trip to Europe where his escape artistry brought him fame. Upon his return to the USA, Houdini began performing death-defying acts across the country, and soon became a household name. When his mother dies, Houdini retires to spend two years trying to contact her soul--an effort which leads him to publicly denounce mediums as con artists. Houdini returned to the stage, where fate awaited him. On Halloween night, 1926, he succumbed when attempting to escape from a water tank while constrained by a straight jacket. While far from being historically accurate, HOUDINI is an entertaining and revealing motion picture, and includes close to a dozen death-defying recreations of Houdini's magic. Color by Technicolor.
Additional cast: Malcolm Lee Beggs (Warden), Barry Bernard (Inspector), Lawrence Ryle (German Judge), and Peter Baldwin (Fred). Houdini Reviews: "...A fun-for-kids fabrication about the legendary escape artist..."
-- Mike Clark, USA Today
This is the only Stefan Schnabel video. Houdini | List Price | $14.95 (You save $4.86) | | Studio | Legend Films | | Orig Year | 1953 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  7975  | | CD Universe Part number | 7672520 | | Catalog number | 20 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jun 03, 2008 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Running Time | 107 Minutes | | Additional Info | Remastered | | Movie Details | Color; Remastered |
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