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1976 | DIRECTED BY MELVILLE SHAVELSON

The Great Houdini

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Movie Stats
Year
1976
Runtime
 120 minutes (2 hrs 00 mins)
Certificates

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Paul Michael Glaser
Sally Struthers
Ruth Gordon
Vivian Vance
Adrienne Barbeau
Bill Bixby
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Release Dates
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8th October 1976
49 years 10 months 11 days ago
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Directed by
melville shavelson Melville Shavelson
Starring
Paul Michael GlaserHarry Houdini (Erich Weiss)
Sally StruthersBess Houdini
Ruth GordonCecilia Weiss
Vivian VanceMinnie (Nurse)
Adrienne BarbeauDaisy White
Bill BixbyReverend Ford
Jack CarterTheo Weiss
Peter CushingConan Doyle
Nina FochReverend Le Veyne
Wilfrid Hyde-WhiteSuperintendent Melville
Geoffrey LewisDr. Crandon
Maureen O'SullivanLady Conan Doyle
Clive RevillDundas Slater
Barbara RhoadesMargery Crandon
Marilyn BrodnickDorothy Weiss
Patrick CullitonFranz Kukla
Richard KennedyPub Policeman
Karin CollisonBarmaid
Jan StrattonHotel Maid
Jerome ThorConductor
Bob HarksPub Patron
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