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The Grim Game is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Irvin Willat and starring Harry Houdini and Ann Forrest. The basic plotline serves as a showcase for Houdini's talent as an escapologist, stunt performer and aviator. As the story unfolds, a series of Houdini's trademark set-piece stunts and escapes are performed.
- $200,000 ($3,375,800 in 2023)
- Jesse L. Lasky
- August 25, 1919
The Grim Game: Directed by Irvin Willat. With Harry Houdini, Thomas Jefferson, Ann Forrest, Augustus Phillips. Jailed unjustly for a murder he did not commit, a young man uses his amazing powers of escape to free himself and pursue the actual killers, who hold his fiancée captive.
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- Adventure, Drama
- Irvin Willat
- 1919-10-12
May 20, 2022 · 1919’s The Grim Game was one of the first films after the First World War to take advantage of the several hundred stunt aviators touring the country wowing audiences with their death-defying flights.
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Film Details. Articles & Reviews. Trivia. Notes. Brief Synopsis. Harry Houdini plays a young man who is wrongfully jailed for murder and murder and must escape to save his fiance. Cast & Crew. Read More. Irvin Willat. Director. Harry Houdini. Harvey Hanford. Thomas Jefferson. Dudley Cameron. Ann Forrest. Mary Cameron. Augustus Phillips.
- Irvin Willat, Roy H. Marshall
- Harry Houdini
The Grim Game. An accused killer (Harry Houdini) uses his amazing skills as an escape artist and magician to flee police custody and search for the men who framed him.
- Mystery & Thriller
11 Reviews. Hide Spoilers. Sort by: Filter by Rating: 10/10. What once was lost now is found! ellebrennan 20 August 2015. From Houdini.org: Magicians Dorothy Dietrich and Dick Brookz, from the Houdini Museum in Scranton, PA, tell the story of the finding and restoration of the long lost Houdini silent movie from 1919, "The Grim Game".