By the early 1900s, the extraordinary Houdini earned an international reputation for his theatrical tricks and daring feats of extrication from shackles, ropes, handcuffs and... Scotland Yard's jails.
Cast
Tony Curtis
Harry Houdini
Janet Leigh
Bess Houdini
Torin Thatcher
Otto
Angela Clarke
Harry's Mother
Stefan Schnabel
German Prosecuting Attorney
Ian Wolfe
Malue
Sig Ruman
Schultz
Michael Pate
Dooley
Connie Gilchrist
Mrs. Shultz
Malcolm Lee Beggs
British Jail Warden
Frank Orth
Mr. Hunter
Barry Bernard
Insp. Marlick
Douglas Spencer
Simms
Leslie Sketchley
Audience Member
Joanne Gilbert
Girl
Daniel de Jonghe
Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Charles Fogel
Official (uncredited)
Joe Gilbert
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Crew
George Marshall
Director
Philip Yordan
Screenplay
Harold Kellock
Novel
George Tomasini
Editor
Ernest Laszlo
Director of Photography
George Pal
Producer
Frank Freeman Jr.
Associate Producer
Edith Head
Costume Design
Wally Westmore
Makeup Designer
Roy Webb
Original Music Composer
Sam Comer
Set Decoration
Ray Moyer
Set Decoration
Albert Nozaki
Art Direction
Hal Pereira
Art Direction
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