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    The Great Houdinis

    1976 · Biography · 1h 40m

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  1. Oct 8, 1976 · The Great Houdini: Directed by Melville Shavelson. With Paul Michael Glaser, Sally Struthers, Ruth Gordon, Vivian Vance. A biography of renowned escape artist Harry Houdini, examining his fascination with the occult and his promise to his wife on his deathbed that he would contact her from the great beyond, if it were at all possible.

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    • Biography, Drama
    • Melville Shavelson
    • 1976-10-08
  2. The Great Houdinis (later re-titled The Great Houdini) stars Paul Michael Glaser, Sally Struthers, and Ruth Gordon. It first aired as the ABC Friday Night Mo...

    • Jul 8, 2022
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    • WILD ABOUT HARRY
  3. Brief Synopsis. Read More. A biographical dramatization of the life and times of the world-renowned illusionist and escape artist whose glittering career masked a deep obsession with the occult, culminated by a vow that he would one day speak from the beyond, a promise he made to his wife on his deathbed in 1926. Ruth Gordon.

    • Melville Shavelson
    • Paul Michael Glaser
  4. The Great Houdini is a 1976 American made-for-television biographical film which is a fictionalized account of the life of the Hungarian-American escape artist and entertainer Harry Houdini. The film was written and directed by Melville Shavelson and features Paul Michael Glaser ( Starsky & Hutch ) and Sally Struthers ( All in the Family ) and ...

  5. www.imdb.com › title › tt0045886Houdini (1953) - IMDb

    Houdini: Directed by George Marshall. With Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, Torin Thatcher, Angela Clarke. From his beginnings as a "wildman" carnival act to the internationally famous feat of escaping from a locked trunk in an ice-jammed river, the great Harry Houdini emerged as the world's most captivating magician and escape artist.

    • George Marshall
    • 1
    • 2 min
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  7. Nov 29, 2009 · It was filmed at the 20th Century Fox studio with the theater scenes shot at the historic Wilshire-Ebell Theater. It first aired on Oct 8, 1976, from 9pm-11pm, as part of ABC’s Friday Night Movie. It was repeated on April 6, 1977. While The Great Houdinis took great liberties with the truth -- such has having Bessie miscarriage when Houdini ...

  8. The Great Houdinis 1976 1h 40m Biography List Reviews Torn between his wife (Sally Struthers) and mother (Ruth Gordon), escape artist Harry Houdini (Paul Michael Glaser) becomes obsessed with the ...

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