The Mad Magician

• 6.9 Thriller
• 1954-05-19
• 72 minutes mins

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. With this defeat, and the humiliation of having already lost his wife Claire to Ormond, Gallico decides it is time to take matters into his own hands.

Starring:

Vincent Price (Don Gallico) Mary Murphy (Karen Lee) Eva Gabor (Claire Gallico Ormond) John Emery (Rinaldi aka 'The Great Rinaldi') Donald Randolph (Ross Ormond) Lenita Lane (Alice Prentiss) Patrick O'Neal (Lt. Alan Bruce) Jay Novello (Frank Prentiss) Corey Allen (Gus a Stagehand (uncredited)) Conrad Brooks (Bonfire Extra (uncredited))

Director:

John Brahm

Writer:

Crane Wilbur