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1976 | DIRECTED BY MELVILLE SHAVELSON

The Great Houdini

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Movie Stats
Year
1976
Runtime
 120 minutes (2 hrs 00 mins)
Certificates

12

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Paul Michael Glaser
Sally Struthers
Ruth Gordon
Vivian Vance
Adrienne Barbeau
Bill Bixby
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First viewed:
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Last viewed:
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Total views:
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Release Dates
US release date
 US release
8th October 1976
49 years 8 months 24 days ago
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Directed by
melville shavelson Melville Shavelson
Starring
Paul Michael GlaserHarry Houdini (Erich Weiss)
Sally StruthersBess Houdini
Ruth GordonCecilia Weiss
Vivian VanceMinnie (Nurse)
Adrienne BarbeauDaisy White
Bill BixbyReverend Ford
Jack CarterTheo Weiss
Peter CushingConan Doyle
Nina FochReverend Le Veyne
Wilfrid Hyde-WhiteSuperintendent Melville
Geoffrey LewisDr. Crandon
Maureen O'SullivanLady Conan Doyle
Clive RevillDundas Slater
Barbara RhoadesMargery Crandon
Marilyn BrodnickDorothy Weiss
Patrick CullitonFranz Kukla
Richard KennedyPub Policeman
Karin CollisonBarmaid
Jan StrattonHotel Maid
Jerome ThorConductor
Bob HarksPub Patron
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25159
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News from around the web
Long Lost Action Movie Starring Harry Houdini to Screen at TCM Classic Film Festival  The Hollywood Reporter Fri, 23rd January 2015

The Grim Game’s Disappearing Act by Will Stephenson  theparisreview.org Thu, 10th August 2017

Debunking the myths behind Harry Houdini's life—and death  National Geographic Thu, 20th March 2025

Ben Affleck to Star in Disney's Harry Houdini Movie, But There's a Catch  Collider Mon, 14th December 2020

Johnny Depp In Talks To Play Harry Houdini  empireonline.com Tue, 27th May 2014

Houdini and the magic of the movies  The Guardian Tue, 3rd May 2011

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