Top Billed Cast
Vincent Price
Don Gallico
Mary Murphy
Karen Lee
Eva Gabor
Claire Gallico Ormond
John Emery
Rinaldi aka 'The Great Rinaldi'
Donald Randolph
Ross Ormond
Lenita Lane
Alice Prentiss
Patrick O'Neal
Lt. Alan Bruce
Jay Novello
Frank Prentiss
Corey Allen
Gus a Stagehand (uncredited)
Conrad Brooks
Bonfire Extra (uncredited)
Roy Engel
Detective (uncredited)
Lyle Talbot
Program Hawker (uncredited)
Roland Varno
Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
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Review 1DiscussionA review by John Chard
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Written by John Chard on Sun Oct 08 2017
Tails you win, heads you lose!
The Mad Magician is directed by John Brahm and written by Crane Wilbur. It stars Vincent Price, Mary Murphy, Eva Gabor and Patrick O'Neal. Music is by Arthur Lange and Emil Newman and cinematography by Bert Glennon.
Magician Don Gallico (Price) is incensed when his attempts at stardom is scuppered by a contract he signed, so much so he takes matters in to his own hands...
One of the eras 3-D productions, The Mad Magician sees Columbia recycle Warner Brother's 1953 release of House of Wax. The familiarity of it all is impossible to shake off, with a key sc...
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Keywords
- 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
- magician assistant