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Houdini

1953 · 106 min

A warm, old-fashioned Technicolor biopic that balances stage-magic thrills with a tender love story and a touch of melancholy.

Tagline
His feats of magic were GREAT! The magic of their love was GREATER!
Overview
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.

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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • love
  • obsession
  • grief
  • fate
Places
  • big city
  • small town
  • road trip
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour4
Realism7
Romance6
Tension5
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, romance, history
Directed by
George Marshall
Written by
Philip Yordan
Starring
Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, Torin Thatcher, Angela Clarke, Stefan Schnabel, Ian Wolfe, Sig Ruman, Michael Pate
Music
Roy Webb
Cinematography
Ernest Laszlo
Runtime
106 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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