The Mad Magician
movie
3D THRILL! Fuel for the human bonfire!
Released May 19, 1954
Overview
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.
Cast
Vincent Price
as
Don Gallico
Mary Murphy
as
Karen Lee
Eva Gabor
as
Claire Gallico Ormond
John Emery
as
Rinaldi aka 'The Great Rinaldi'
Donald Randolph
as
Ross Ormond
Lenita Lane
as
Alice Prentiss
Patrick O'Neal
as
Lt. Alan Bruce
Jay Novello
as
Frank Prentiss
Corey Allen
as
Gus a Stagehand (uncredited)
Conrad Brooks
as
Bonfire Extra (uncredited)
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Roy Engel
as
Detective (uncredited)
Lyle Talbot
as
Program Hawker (uncredited)
Crew
John Brahm
as
Director
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Bryan Foy
as
Producer
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Bert Glennon
as
Director of Photography
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Grant Whytock
as
Editor
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Arthur Lange
as
Original Music Composer
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Emil Newman
as
Original Music Composer
Crane Wilbur
as
Screenplay
Crane Wilbur
as
Story
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Frank Paul Sylos
as
Art Direction
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Dave Koehler
as
Special Effects
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Hal Herman
as
Assistant Director
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Howard Bristol
as
Set Decoration