The Mad Magician

May 19, 1954

1h 12m

★ 6.9

3D THRILL! Fuel for the human bonfire!

Overview

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.

Genres

Thriller

Crime

Mystery

Horror

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

The Mad Magician Trailers

Cast

Don Gallico

Vincent Price

Karen Lee

Mary Murphy

Claire Gallico Ormond

Eva Gabor

Rinaldi aka 'The Great Rinaldi'

John Emery

Ross Ormond

Donald Randolph

Alice Prentiss

Lenita Lane

Lt. Alan Bruce

Patrick O'Neal

Frank Prentiss

Jay Novello

Gus a Stagehand (uncredited)

Corey Allen

Bonfire Extra (uncredited)

Conrad Brooks

Detective (uncredited)

Roy Engel

Program Hawker (uncredited)

Lyle Talbot

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