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This page incorporated content from Houdini (film) , From his beginnings as a wild man carnival act to the internationally famous feat of escaping from a locked trunk in an ice-jammed river, Houdini effectively captures the. The death of the magician is depicted in the film as a failure to escape the Chinese Water Torture Cell in real life Houdini died of peritonitis due to being punched in the stomach. Houdini-Tony Curtis gives a winning performance as the great Houdini, the struggling circus performer who emerged as the worlds most captivating magician and escape artist. The film follows his most dangerous stunts and magic tricks along with his love, Bess Houdini. The film details a highly fictional account of Harry Houdini's life played by Tony Curtis.

The art direction was by Albert Nozaki and Hal Pereira and the costume design by Edith Head. The music score was by Roy Webb and the cinematography by Ernest Laszlo. It was made by Paramount Pictures, directed by George Marshall and produced by George Pal from a screenplay by Philip Yordan, based on the book Houdini by Harold Kellock.

Houdini is a 1953 biographical film about the life of the magician and escapologist Harry Houdini. Houdini is a 1953 American Technicolor film biography from Paramount Pictures, produced by George Pal and Berman Swarttz, directed by George Marshall, that.

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