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The Mad Magician is a 1954 American horror film in 3D, directed by John Brahm starring Vincent Price, Mary Murphy and Eva Gabor. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures, with a release in 3-D to build on the craze started by films such as House of Wax (1953), which also starred Price.
The Mad Magician: Directed by John Brahm. With Vincent Price, Mary Murphy, Eva Gabor, John Emery. An illusionist becomes homicidal when his best kept magic secrets are stolen by his rival.
May 24, 2021 · Following its LA premiere on 7 April, 1954 and its New York debut on 19 May 1954, Columbia Pictures' The Mad Magician, starring Vincent Price, went on general release in the US.
The result, The Mad Magician (1954), was filmed in sparkling black-and-white and 3-D. Turn-of-the-century illusion expert Don Gallico (Vincent Price) creates elaborate tricks for well-known magicians.
"The Mad Magician" is a thoroughly enjoyable follow-up to the earlier Vincent Price classic, "House of Wax". Rather reminiscent of that favourite, it stars Price as Don Gallico, a magician & master of illusion furious with his conniving employer, Ross Ormond (Donald Randolph).
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Overview. Don Gallico is an inventor of stage magic effects who aspires to become a star in his own right. Just before his first performance his act is shut down by capricious manager Ross Ormond who wants Gallico's brilliant buzz saw effect for the act of The Great Rinaldi, an established star.
1954 · 1 hr 13 min. TV-PG. Horror · Drama. Spurned by a rival who steals his best-kept secrets and his wife, a magician with a famous buzzsaw trick loses his mind and goes on a murder spree.
A delightful little film wherein a skilled magician gets fucked by his employer and in return fucks him back by cutting his head off with a 3' circular saw and burning his body on a homecoming bonfire.
On the night of his first performance, he is shut down by his cruel manager Ormond (Donald Randolph) -- who wants to use Gallico's ingenious buzzsaw act for the famed magician Rinaldi (John Emery).
