The Great Houdinis (1976)

6.3/10 96 min Drama TV Movie History

Overview

A biography of the renowned escape artist Harry Houdini, examining his fascination with the occult and his promise to his wife on her deathbed that he would speak from the beyond.

Cast

Paul Michael Glaser

Harry Houdini

Sally Struthers

Bess Houdini

Ruth Gordon

Cecilia Weiss

Vivian Vance

Minnie

Adrienne Barbeau

Daisy White

Bill Bixby

Rev. Arthur Ford

Jack Carter

Theo Weiss

Peter Cushing

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Nina Foch

Reverend Le Veyne

Wilfrid Hyde-White

Superintendent Melville

Geoffrey Lewis

Dr. Crandon

Maureen O'Sullivan

Lady Conan Doyle

Clive Revill

Dundas Slater

Barbara Rhoades

Margery Crandon

Patrick Culliton

Franz Kukla

Karin Collison

Barmaid

Jerome Thor

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