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The Great Houdini

Year:

1976

Duration:

USA:120 min (including commercials)

Genres:

Biography | Drama

IMDB rate:

6.6

Director:

Melville Shavelson

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys.

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1976-10-08

Filming Locations: 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Nina Foch

Paul Michael Glaser

Harry Houdini (Erich Weiss)

Sally Struthers

Bess Houdini

Ruth Gordon

Cecilia Weiss

Vivian Vance

Minnie (nurse)

Adrienne Barbeau

Daisy White

Bill Bixby

Rev. Arthur Ford

Jack Carter

Theo Weiss

Peter Cushing

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Wilfrid Hyde-White

Supt. Melville

Geoffrey Lewis

Dr. Crandon

Maureen O'Sullivan

Lady Conan Doyle

Clive Revill

Dundas Slater

Barbara Rhoades

Margery Crandon

Marilyn Brodnick

Dorothy Weiss

Patrick Culliton

Franz Kukla

Richard Kennedy

Pub Policeman

Elizabeth E. Moor

Barmaid (as Elizabeth E. Moor)

Jan Stratton

Hotel maid

Jerome Thor

Conductor

Did you know?

Trivia

Peter Cushing filmed his small role in 4 days (May 12-15 1976) after completing his scenes for "Star Wars." It was his first US TV movie, broadcast on October 8 1976. Others that followed were "A Tale of Two Cities" in 1980, and "Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues" in 1983.