Orson Welles' Magic Show (1985)
Welles had a lifelong interest in magic, having been taught his first magic tricks by Harry Houdini in the 1920s, when Welles was still a boy. In this unfinished television special, filmed between 1976 and 1985, Welles performs various magic tricks for the camera, promising that no trick photography is used.
- Date of release
- 1985-01-24
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 27m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Orson Welles
Casting
- Orson Welles — Self
- Angie Dickinson — Self
- Allen Bracken — Magician's Assistant
- Gary Graver — Self
- Roger Hill — Self
- Shawn Stevens — Self
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