Houdini le grand magicien

Titre original : Houdini

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Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh in Houdini le grand magicien (1953)

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Le vie du plus célèbre spécialiste de l'évasion spectaculaire, qui finira par se tuer, poussé par son public à aller toujours plus loin.Le vie du plus célèbre spécialiste de l'évasion spectaculaire, qui finira par se tuer, poussé par son public à aller toujours plus loin.Le vie du plus célèbre spécialiste de l'évasion spectaculaire, qui finira par se tuer, poussé par son public à aller toujours plus loin.

Réalisation
- George Marshall
Scénario
- Philip Yordan
- Harold Kellock
Casting principal

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6,8/10

3,8 k

MA NOTE

Réalisation
- George Marshall
Scénario
- Philip Yordan
- Harold Kellock
Casting principal

Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro

Anecdotes
A talented amateur magician, Tony Curtis performed most of his own tricks in this film.

Gaffes
When the Houdinis and the reporter are being driven to the séance, the same rear projection loop is continually run in the car's back window, repeatedly showing the same background traffic, with the splice where the loop begins plainly visible each time.

Citations
Harry Houdini: I hadn't prepared anything for tonight, but perhaps I have something that will amuse you. So if you'll get a couple of broomsticks, I'll get my wife - and we'll see what we can do.

Connexions
Edited into Magic with the Stars (1982)

Bandes originales
Perpetuum Mobile, Op. 257 (Perpetual Motion)
(uncredited)
Music by Johann Strauss
Played during the straitjacket contest

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8/10

Curtis Gives Another Good Performance

Tony Curtis is almost always good in whomever he plays, and he was fascinating in here as the famous magician "Harry Houdini." Curtis had a number of good roles in his prime. Speaking of "prime," Janet Leigh didn't look too bad in her prime, either: a very pretty lady.

I don't know how accurate this biography was, but I do know that this movie should have been longer. I usually say the opposite about films, but in this case, I would like to have seen more details about his life and death. His failure to communicate with dead - Houdini's misguided belief - wasn't discussed much.

I guess there were a couple of more modern-day films on Houdini, but they must not have been anything much since I never heard about them. Too bad, because a good re-make of this movie might be something to see.