The Mad Magician

(1954)

★ 6.9 IMDb · 50 votes

Genres: Thriller, Crime, Mystery, Horror

Year: 1954

Runtime: 72 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: John Brahm

Cast: Винсент Прайс, Mary Murphy, Эва Габор, John Emery, Donald Randolph, Lenita Lane, Patrick O'Neal, Jay Novello, Corey Allen, Conrad Brooks

Plot

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.