The Mad Magician

1954

English

6.5

♡ 12

59%

John Brahm Director

Vincent Price as Don Gallico / Gallico the Great

Corey Allen as Gus the Stagehand

Patrick O'Neal as Lt. Alan Bruce

Donald Randolph as Ross Ormond

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.