![]() ![]() When the film was rebroadcast on April 6, 1977, the title was changed to The Great Houdini. Some notable performances were turned in by Vivian Vance as Bess Houdini's nurse (and the narrator), Ruth Gordon as Houdini's mother, Peter Cushing as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and Bill Bixby as Rev. Although the film portrays a strained relationship between Houdini's wife and mother, in reality they got along relatively well. The movie features the early career of Houdini, the relationship between his wife and mother, and his and his wife's attempts to reach "the other side", with him attempting to contact his deceased mother and her attempting to contact Houdini himself after his death. The film was written and directed by Melville Shavelson and features Paul Michael Glaser ( Starsky & Hutch) and Sally Struthers ( All in the Family) and originally aired on ABC on October 8, 1976. In this fresh, witty biography of the most famous bamboozler since Merlin, Sid Fleischman, a former professional. ![]() No jail cell or straitjacket could hold him He shucked off handcuffs as easily as gloves. The Great Houdini is a 1976 American made-for-television biographical film which is a fictionalized account of the life of the Hungarian-American escape artist and entertainer Harry Houdini. In these pages you will meet the astonishing Houdinimagician, ghost chaser, daredevil, pioneer aviator, and king of escape artists. ![]()
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