Highest-Rated Movies about 'Harry Houdini', Sort by Popularity
Houdini (1953), Fairy Tale: A True Story (1997), Death Defying Acts (2007) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Harry Houdini movies.
#1. Houdini (1953)
Storyline: The amazing career of master magician Harry Houdini is presented from his beginnings with a carnival "wild man" act to his emergence as an internationally-acclaimed illusionist, From his dramatic escape from a locked safe under the frozen Detroit River to an even more improbable one from a locked cell in Scotland Yard, he never failed to please and astound his audiences. Although Houdini's tricks are achieved through his marvelous physical dexterity and innate sleight-of-hand, he courted death with the hazardous illusions he performed and his compulsive quest to make contact with the spirit world.—duke1029@aol.com
Plot Keywords: magician, wife, assistant, mother, tender, suspenseful, thrilling ...
Movie Details Click Here!#2. Fairy Tale: A True Story (1997)
Storyline: Based on factual accounts, this is the story of two young girls that, somehow, have the ability to take pictures of winged beings... which certainly causes quite a stir throughout England during the time of the first World War. Everyone, except the girls who think it's quite normal, are excited about this "photographic proof" that fairies exist... even the great Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini pay the girls a visit.—BOB STEBBINS <stebinsbob@aol.com>
Plot Keywords: harry houdini, arthur conan doyle, mother, young girl, daughter, philosopher, lighthearted ...
Movie Details Click Here!#3. Death Defying Acts (2007)
Storyline: During Harry Houdini's (Guy Pearce's) tour of Britain in 1926, the master escapologist enters into a passionate affair with a Scottish psychic. The psychic and her daughter attempt to con Houdini during a highly publicized séance to contact his mother whose death has haunted him for many years. However, all does not go to plan.
Plot Keywords: magician, psychic, swindler, daughter, manager, ventriloquist, fascinating ...
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