# Il mago Houdini (1953)

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**Original title**: *Houdini*
**Runtime**: 106 min
**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

> *His feats of magic were GREAT! The magic of their love was GREATER!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

The man who made locks obsolete did everything but disappear. A biopic traces the rise of the escape artist from immigrant sideshow to global sensation. It forgets to ask how a guy who got paid to break out of handcuffs stays married.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, tender, uplifting

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