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Description: From his beginnings as a "wildman" carnival act to the internationally famous feat of escaping from a locked trunk in an ice-jammed river, the great Harry Houdini emerged as the world's most captivating magician and escape artist.

Cast:
Harry Houdini: Tony Curtis
Bess Houdini: Janet Leigh
Otto: Torin Thatcher
Harry's Mother: Angela Clarke
German Prosecuting Attorney: Stefan Schnabel
Malue: Ian Wolfe
Schultz: Sig Ruman
Dooley: Michael Pate
Mrs. Shultz: Connie Gilchrist
British Jail Warden: Malcolm Lee Beggs
Mr. Hunter: Frank Orth
Insp. Marlick: Barry Bernard
Simms - Reporter: Douglas Spencer
Restaurant Patron: Norman Stevans
Audience Member: Blaine Turner
Sailor: Eric Alden
Bouncer: Fred Aldrich
Entertainer: Nick Arno
Shimmy Dancer: Jan Arden
Fred - Bess' Escort: Peter Baldwin
Comic Piano Player: Bobby Barber
Observer at Ice Show: Scott Seaton
Coney Island Barker: Oliver Blake
Italian Basso: Billy Bletcher
German Magistrate: Morgan Brown
Workman: Ethan Laidlaw
Barker: Hal Neiman
Doorman: Edward Clark
Heckler: Don Dunning
Dance Girl: Louise De Carlo
Desk Clerk: Daniel De Jonghe
Sword Swallower: Marion Dempsey
Girl in Astor Guillotine Act: Norma Jean Eckart
Officious Man: Fred Essler
Guest at Halloween Magician's Ball: Sam Harris
Official: Charles Fogel
Courtroom Spectator: Waclaw Rekwart
Esther's Girlfriend: Esther Garber
Boy: Jon Gardner
Heavy Blonde Woman: Maxine Gates
Fred's Friend: Bill Gentry
Girl: Mary Murphy
Fat Girl: Jody Gilbert
Alhambra Manager: Arthur Gould-Porter
'Spirit' at Seance: Kit Guard
Master of Ceremonies, Berlin Nightclub: Henry Guttman
Magician's Assistant: Robert Haines
Assistant: Alec Harford
Woman Who Screams: Grace Hayle
Stagehand: Ray Spiker
Reporter: William Meader
Mr. Brown - Foreman: Frank Jaquet
Strongman: Tor Johnson
Guillotine Act: William W. Larsen
Calcott: Lyle Latell
Bell Captain: Mike Mahoney
Editor: Lewis Martin
Sideshow Spectator: Thomas Martin
Carriage Driver: Billy McCoy
Waiter: Clyde McLeod
Headwaiter: Torben Meyer
Blacksmith: Tudor Owen
Medium: Mabel Paige
Prisoner: Ralph Peters
Man in Audience Throwing Tomato: Joe Ploski
Little Woman: Luce Potter
Fire Chief: Gilman Rankin
Little Man: A.J. Buster Resmondo
German Judge: Lawrence Ryle
Miner: Richard Shannon
Maitre d' - Hotel Astor: Bert Stevens
Audience Spectator: Arthur Tovey
Prof. Allegari: Ernö Verebes
Master of Ceremonies: Anthony Warde
Contortionist: Betty Yeaton

Written by: Philip Yordan, Harold Kellock

Director: George Marshall

Production: Paramount Pictures

Release date: 02 Jul 1953