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Title Houdini / a Paramount Picture ; screenplay by Phil Yordan, based on a book by Harold Kellock ; produced by George Pal ; directed by George Marshall.

Publication Info. [United States] : Legend Films : Paramount Pictures, [1953]
©2008

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Adult Department  DVD HOUDINI    Check Shelf
Description 1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details DVD, region 1, NTSC.
Cast Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, Torin Thatcher, Angela Clarke, Stefan Schnabel, Ian Wolfe, Sig Ruman, Michael Pate, Connie Gilchrist, Malcolm Lee Beggs.
Credits Director of photography, Ernest Laszlo ; edited by George Tomasini ; music score by Roy Webb.
Note Originally produced as a motion picture in 1953.
Based on the book Houdini, his life, by Harold Kellock.
Audience Not rated.
Summary "From [Houdini's] beginning as a "wild man" carnival act to the internationally famous feat of escaping from a locked trunk in an ice-jammed river, Houdini effectively captures the amazing life and courage of this fascinating man"--Container.
Language Closed-captioned.
Note GMD: videorecording.
Subject Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926 -- Drama.
Magicians -- Drama.
Escape artists -- Drama.
Added Author Pal, George.
Marshall, George, 1891-1975.
Yordan, Philip.
Curtis, Tony, 1925-2010.
Leigh, Janet.
Thatcher, Torin, 1905-1981.
Clarke, Angela, 1909-2010
Schnabel, Stefan, 1912-1999.
Wolfe, Ian, 1896-1992.
Rumann, Sig, 1884-1967.
Pate, Michael.
Gilchrist, Connie, 1901-1985.
Beggs, Malcolm Lee, 1907-1956.
Laszlo, Ernest.
Webb, Roy, 1888-1982.
Kellock, Harold, 1879-1953. Houdini.
Paramount Pictures Corporation.
Legend Films (Firm)
ISBN 9781606730027
1606730029
Standard No. 844503000026
Music No. LF00020 Legend Films
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