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Houdini

From his beginnings as a "wildman" carnival act to the internationally famous feat of escaping from a locked trunk in an ice-jammed river, the great Harry Houdini emerged as the world's most captivating magician and escape artist.

Director

George Marshall

Year

Genre

biography, drama

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Production

Paramount Pictures

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Harry Houdini

Bess Houdini

Otto

Harry's Mother

German Prosecuting Attorney

Stefan Schnabel

Malue

Schultz

Dooley

Mrs. Shultz

Connie Gilchrist

British Jail Warden

Malcolm Lee Beggs

Mr. Hunter

Insp. Marlick

Simms - Reporter

Douglas Spencer

Restaurant Patron

Audience Member

Sailor

Bouncer

Entertainer

Shimmy Dancer

Entertainer

Audience Member

Fred - Bess' Escort

Comic Piano Player

Observer at Ice Show

Restaurant Patron

Coney Island Barker

Italian Basso

Audience Member

Audience Member

Restaurant Patron

German Magistrate

Audience Member

Audience Member

Steve Carruthers

Workman

Workman

Barker

Doorman

Workman

Audience Member

Restaurant Patron

Heckler

Dance Girl

Louise De Carlo

Desk Clerk

Daniel De Jonghe

Sword Swallower

Audience Member

Heckler

Girl in Astor Guillotine Act

Norma Jean Eckart

Audience Member

Officious Man

Guest at Halloween Magician's Ball

Franklyn Farnum

Guest at Halloween Magician's Ball

Official

Courtroom Spectator

Esther's Girlfriend

Boy

Heavy Blonde Woman

Audience Member

Fred's Friend

Girl

Fat Girl

Restaurant Patron

Alhambra Manager

Arthur Gould-Porter

'Spirit' at Seance

Master of Ceremonies, Berlin Nightclub

Magician's Assistant

Assistant

Guest at Halloween Magician's Ball

Woman Who Screams

Stagehand

Audience Member

Barker

Workman

Audience Member

Reporter

Mr. Brown - Foreman

Strongman

Stagehand

Workman

Audience Member

Guillotine Act

William W. Larsen

Calcott

Bell Captain

Editor

Sideshow Spectator

Carriage Driver

Waiter

Reporter

Audience Member

Headwaiter

Girl

Barker

Audience Member

Anton Northpole

Restaurant Patron

Blacksmith

Medium

Audience Member

Prisoner

Man in Audience Throwing Tomato

Little Woman

Fire Chief

Observer at Ice Show

Audience Member

Courtroom Spectator

Little Man

A.J. Buster Resmondo

Audience Member

Audience Member

German Judge

Audience Member

Observer at Ice Show

Miner

Richard Shannon

Audience Member

Leslie Sketchley

Audience Member

Stagehand

Restaurant Patron

Maitre d' - Hotel Astor

Audience Spectator

Charles Sullivan

Audience Spectator

Audience Member

Prof. Allegari

Master of Ceremonies

Contortionist

Audrey Washburn

Contortionist

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Harry Houdini Bess Houdini

Now look here, young
lady, if you don't leave - Houdini

Now look here, young lady, if you don't leave

Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. - Houdini

Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.

You're not concentrating. - Houdini

You're not concentrating.

Please, let me explain. - Houdini

Please, let me explain.

He made it. - Houdini

That's the same fellow we
saw at coney island last week. - Houdini

That's the same fellow we saw at coney island last week...

What happened to the
party that was here? - Houdini

What happened to the party that was here?

I've only got one more show to do. - Houdini

I've only got one more show to do.

=I don't like this. - Houdini

=I don't like this.

We made it. - Houdini

Here's a night gown for you, darling. - Houdini

Here's a night gown for you, darling.

J the bell in the bay - Houdini

J the bell in the bay

J and the gulls wheeling high - Houdini

J and the gulls wheeling high

J said goodbye j~ - Houdini

J said goodbye j~

I'll kill them, I'll kill them! - Houdini

I'll kill them, I'll kill them!

Thank you, thank you very much. - Houdini

Thank you, thank you very much.

Oh. - Houdini

For my next trick. - Houdini

For my next trick.

Don't worry, folks, I'm right here. - Houdini

Don't worry, folks, I'm right here.

Audiences are never satisfied - Houdini

Audiences are never satisfied

= oh, Mr. brown, when do
you think I'd get a chance - Houdini

= oh, Mr. brown, when do you think I'd get a chance

Thank you. - Houdini

You see, ladies and gentlemen,
the object of this trick - Houdini

You see, ladies and gentlemen, the object of this trick

Well I can't live without you. - Houdini

Well I can't live without you.

What did you blow it up for? - Houdini

What did you blow it up for?

You can stop packing. - Houdini

You can stop packing.

Time in captivity, Oscar,
the human sea serpent. - Houdini

Time in captivity, Oscar, the human sea serpent.

Ladies and gentlemen, - Houdini

Ladies and gentlemen,

Would you please examine the trunk - Houdini

Would you please examine the trunk

Thank you. I'm sorry, you won't
be able to go this trip, no. - Houdini

Thank you. I'm sorry, you won't be able to go this...

Tight? - Houdini

Would you please untie the ropes - Houdini

Would you please untie the ropes

It's impossible. - Houdini

It's impossible.

Put out your hands. - Houdini

Put out your hands.

Heh, ladies and gentlemen, - Houdini

Heh, ladies and gentlemen,

I say there, you in for the night? - Houdini

I say there, you in for the night?

= Mr. Houdini, let me be the
first to congratulate you. - Houdini

= Mr. Houdini, let me be the first to congratulate you.

Mr. Houdini, we have had our operator - Houdini

Mr. Houdini, we have had our operator

Harry? - Houdini

Thank you - Houdini

Thank you. - Houdini

And I let go. - Houdini

Would you pass that
broom underneath, please? - Houdini

Would you pass that broom underneath, please?

There. - Houdini

Pretty hot in there. - Houdini

Pretty hot in there.

But Harry never saw that safe before, - Houdini

But Harry never saw that safe before,

Hello? - Houdini

Hello? - Houdini

Well, shall we go? - Houdini

Well, shall we go?

= remarkable fella. - Houdini

= remarkable fella.

= remember when he worked for us? - Houdini

= remember when he worked for us?

I know it's none of my business, - Houdini

I know it's none of my business,

Otto, I know he's in trouble. - Houdini

Otto, I know he's in trouble.

He's never been under that long before. - Houdini

He's never been under that long before.

Take her to the hotel. - Houdini

Take her to the hotel.

Extra extra, extra paper. - Houdini

Extra extra, extra paper.

Oh, as long as you're safe. - Houdini

Oh, as long as you're safe.

Hello? - Houdini

What time did she die? - Houdini

What time did she die?

Mother died the time I
heard her calling me. - Houdini

Mother died the time I heard her calling me.

All right? - Houdini

Mr. Houdini? - Houdini

= oh. - Houdini

All right, Otto, you can let him go. - Houdini

All right, Otto, you can let him go.

Well, Otto, it looks like
we've drawn another blank. - Houdini

Well, Otto, it looks like we've drawn another blank.

= oh, Mrs. Houdini? - Houdini

= oh, Mrs. Houdini?

It'll be the most spectacular thing I've ever done - Houdini

It'll be the most spectacular thing I've ever done

Bess, you gotta listen to me. - Houdini

Bess, you gotta listen to me.

Without you I wouldn't wanna go on. - Houdini

Without you I wouldn't wanna go on.

All right, Bess, I won't do it. - Houdini

All right, Bess, I won't do it.

Still hurts you there, doesn't it. - Houdini

Still hurts you there, doesn't it.

You're really a wonderful audience - Houdini

You're really a wonderful audience

Now, would the two gentlemen - Houdini

Now, would the two gentlemen

Ladies and gentlemen,
Houdini is now prepared - Houdini

Ladies and gentlemen, Houdini is now prepared

This particular form of escape - Houdini

This particular form of escape

Go! - Houdini

10 seconds! - Houdini

Darling. - Houdini

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From his beginnings as a "wildman" carnival act to the internationally famous feat of escaping from a locked trunk in an ice-jammed river, the great Harry Houdini emerged as the world's most captivating magician and escape artist.

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Director: George Marshall

Writer: Philip Yordan, Harold Kellock

Production: Paramount Pictures

Genre: biography, drama

Year: 1953

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.8

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 02 Jul 1953

Awards: N/A

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