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The Mad Magician (1954)
Director: John Brahm
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Originally shown in 3-D, this vigorous little shocker has another psychotic role for Price as a magic-trick inventor who goes over the edge when fellow magicians rip off his act and his wife runs off with a younger rival. There's much play with Vincent's latest gizmo (a chainsaw that seems to behead its victims) but the piece as a whole is a few notches down in content and style from the previous year's House of Wax.Author: TJ
Cast & crew
Director: John Brahm
Producer: Bryan Foy
Cast: Vincent Price, Mary Murphy, Eva Gabor, John Emery, Donald Randolph, Lenita Lane, Patrick O'Neal full cast
Genre(s): Horror
Duration: 72 mins
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