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The Mad Magician

1954 · 72 min

A brisk, campy Victorian thriller with Vincent Price hamming it up as a vengeful magician, offering mild chills and darkly comic murders.

Tagline
3D THRILL! Fuel for the human bonfire!
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 illusion 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.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • revenge
  • obsession
  • betrayal
  • identity
  • crime
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror5
Humour3
Realism6
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
thriller, crime, horror
Directed by
John Brahm
Written by
Crane Wilbur
Starring
Vincent Price, Mary Murphy, Eva Gabor, John Emery, Donald Randolph, Lenita Lane, Patrick O'Neal, Jay Novello
Music
Arthur Lange, Emil Newman
Cinematography
Bert Glennon
Runtime
72 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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