HOUDINI (1953)

The Great Houdini, escape artist and daredevil extraordinaire! The film's story line is a fictionalized account of Houdini's life from his humble beginnings as a carnival performer and a worker in a safe factory, up through his international success as a world-renowned escape artist and stage magician. Following the death of his mother, he exposes various fraudulent mediums in the spiritualist movement, while always hoping to make contact with her. Spurred on and impassioned by his adoring fans who
continually want more, Houdini attempts one great magical feat after another - with the final feat being the never before attempted Chinese Water Torture Cell Escape, and, subsequently, his promise attempt to return from the dead. Director: George Marshall. Cast: Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, Torin Thatcher, Angela Clarke, Stefan Schnabel, Sig Ruman, Michael Pate and Connie Gilchrist.