Catherine Zeta-Jones
Mary McGarvie
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Mar 13, 2008 · Death Defying Acts: Directed by Gillian Armstrong. With Guy Pearce, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Timothy Spall, Saoirse Ronan. On a tour of Britain in 1926, Harry Houdini (Guy Pearce) enters into a passionate affair with a psychic out to con him.
- (11K)
- Drama, History, Romance
- Gillian Armstrong
- 2008-03-13
Death Defying Acts is a British-Australian 2007 supernatural romance film, directed by Gillian Armstrong, and starring Guy Pearce and Catherine Zeta-Jones. It concerns an episode in the life of Hungarian-American escapologist Harry Houdini at the height of his career in the 1920s.
Impoverished and uneducated Scottish con artist Mary McGarvie (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and her daughter Benji (Saoirse Ronan) set their sights on Houdini's reward when he visits Edinburgh on tour.
Death Defying Acts. On a tour of Britain in 1926, Harry Houdini enters into a passionate affair with a psychic out to con him. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started.
- 96 min
- 14
Jul 11, 2008 · Gorgeous swindler Mary McGarvie (Catherine Zeta-Jones) rises to the challenge and engages Houdini in a dangerous flirtation that will blur the line between reality and paranoia -- and test...
- (39)
- Gillian Armstrong
- PG
- Catherine Zeta-Jones
Sep 13, 2007 · Death Defying Acts is directed by Gillian Armstrong and written by Tony Grisoni and Brian Ward. It stars Guy Pearce, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Timothy Spall and Saoirse Ronan. Music is by Cezary Skubiszewski and cinematography by Haris Zambarloukos.
When famous escape artist Harry Houdini (Guy Pearce) arrives in Edinburgh and offers a $10,000 reward to anyone who can contact his mother from beyond the grave, a beautiful but deceptive psychic (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and her young ‘sidekick’ daughter (Saoirse Ronan) take the challenge.
