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The Mad Magician


Date: 1954
Type: Crime drama / Horror
Rating: 3 Stars 3/5
Colour: Black and White
Director: John Brahm
Producer: Bryan Foy
Comment/Synopsis
A man who makes magic tricks for other magicians want to be a star in his own right, but when he is stopped from using his latest trick by his rival who had also stolen his wife he turns murderous. VIncent Price is good in the lead role and has some suitably elaborate trick to get rid of his victims who he then imporsonates. The plot does get a bit messy with a female detective story writer helping the policewho do very little except look at finger prints. Eva Gabor brings some short lived glamour to the film.
Actors
VIncent PriceVincent Price
Mary Murphy
Eva GaborEva Gabor
John EmeryJohn Emery
Donald Randolph
Lenita LaneLenita Lane
Patrick O'Neal
Jay Novello

Oscars
None
Production
Columbia Pictures
The Mad Magician