Watch: The Mad Magician 1954 123movies, Full Movie Online – Don Gallico is a master at devising magicians’ illusions and tries to establish his own stage show as Gallico the Great. His performance is interrupted mid-show by his employer Ross Ormond who has obtained a court injunction to stop him. Gallico had long ago signed an exclusive contract with Ormond to provide him with any illusions he might create. Gallico sets out to get his revenge against those who have wronged him, including Ormond, his ex-wife Claire, who happens to be Ormnond’s wife and magician The Great Rinaldi who is Ormond’s business partner and the main beneficiary or Gallico’s new magic tricks. A clever young detective, Lt. Alan Bruce, uses a new identification technique, fingerprints, to identify the killer..
Plot: 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.
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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.
No One Takes Revenge Like Vincent Price!
The great Vincent Price has done many fantastic Horror films, some of which range among the greatest genre gems of all-time. Price’s greatest achievements were doubtlessly his films in the 60s, with films such as Roger Corman’s brilliant Poe-cycle (still the greatest Horror cycle of all-time), Michael Reeves’ “Witchfinder General” (1968) or Ubaldo Ragona’s “The Last Man on Earth” (1964) marking the ultimate highlights of this brilliant man’s career. The films that made the man famous and thereby made him the immortal Horror icon he is, however date back to the 50s, with “House of Wax” (1953) marking his rise to stardom. “The Mad Magician” of 1954 follows a plot that is very similar to that of its successful predecessor. This is not to say, however, that this film isn’t an original, delightfully macabre and absolutely wonderful gem itself. As the lines above may suggest, Vincent Price is my favorite actor, and, while I personally would not allow myself to miss anything the man has been in, none of my fellow fans of the man may miss this little gem.Price stars as Don Galico (aka. Galico the Great), an underrated master magician and inventor of magic devices, whose boss, a sleazy businessman, stole his wife (Eva Gabor) from him. When the boss takes away one of Galico’s ingenious inventions and gives it to his rival, The Great Rinaldi (John Emery), Galico snaps, and a murderous spree of revenge begins…
Don’t we love Vincent Price when he’s out for revenge? Some of his most famous and greatest films such as “The Abominable Dr. Phibes” (1971) or “Theater of Blood” (1973) were about absurd and delightfully macabre revenge murders, and this earlier film in his Horror career is another proof that no one takes revenge as Vincent Price does. This film provides a wonderfully eccentric leading role for Price, who, as always, delivers a brilliant performance, and guarantees 70 minutes of outrageously entertaining and macabre fun for every Horror fan. Another must-see for my fellow Price fans.
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 12 min (72 min)
Budget 0
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Status Released
Rated Not Rated
Genre Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Director John Brahm
Writer Crane Wilbur
Actors Vincent Price, Mary Murphy, Eva Gabor
Country United States
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Sound Mix Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Aspect Ratio 1.75 : 1 (single-strip 3-D version), 1.85 : 1 (dual-strip 3-D version)
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Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Columbia 3-D (dual-strip 3-D), Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm