The Mad Magician

1954

Action / Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller

14
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 59% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.5/10 10 2730 2.7K

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Plot summary

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.

Director

John Brahm Photo
John Brahm

Top cast

Corey Allen Photo
Corey Allen as Gus the Stagehand
Vincent Price Photo
Vincent Price as Don Gallico / Gallico the Great
Donald Randolph Photo
Donald Randolph as Ross Ormond
Patrick O'Neal Photo
Patrick O'Neal as Lt. Alan Bruce
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU
516.09 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
Not Rated
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 12 min
Seeds 1
1.09 GB
1920*1072
English 2.0
Not Rated
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 12 min
Seeds 5

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by John Chard 6 / 10

Tails you win, heads you lose! The Mad

Tails you win, heads you lose! The Mad Magician is directed by John Brahm and written by Crane Wilbur. It stars Vincent Price, Mary Murphy, Eva Gabor and Patrick O'Neal. Music is by Arthur Lange and Emil Newman and cinematography by Bert Glennon. Magician Don Gallico (Price) is incensed when his attempts at stardom is scuppered by a contract he signed, so much so he takes matters in to his own hands... One of the eras 3-D productions, The Mad Magician sees Columbia recycle Warner Brother's 1953 release of House of Wax. The familiarity of it all is impossible to shake off, with a key scene even stolen from one of director Brahm's more notable productions. Yet it's still a fun movie, watching Price turn in a good one, as he gradually gets more dastardly with each passing quarter, all set to Victorian style backgrounds. There's some ghoulishly enjoyable macabre moments, played straight but with tongue in cheek evident, and while the scenes shot for 3-D gain obviously lose impact, they hold well enough in 2-D for story enjoyment. Performances around Price are fine, the girls (including Murphy's outstanding legs) add colour to the otherwise weak plot, and although the absence of Brahm's skilled Gothic/noir touches is a blow, the look of the piece is suitably moody. More one for Brahm and Price completists, this is still enjoyable fare (it was a commercial hit upon release) that's worth tracking down. 6.5/10
Reviewed by Tweetienator 7 / 10

Pure Fine Mad

There were and are not many gods that walk among us mortals - Vincent Price was for sure one of those titans. The Mad Magician is just one movie more that proofs that those horror classics of Vincent Price's legacy will stay forever young (no matter the nostalgic looks and flavor) and are a feast for generations of horror addicts still to come, and old-school hounds like me.
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