Young Harry Houdini (1987)
This biographical movie depicts the youth of the magician Harry Houdini (1874 - 1926). As a boy his name was Eric Weiss and his father wanted him to become a locksmith. But he ran away and joined the traveling show of Dr. Grimaldi, where he learned the tricks of a magician and a little mystery from his Indian assistant, too.
- Released
- 1987-03-14
- Genres
- Comedy, TV Movie
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- James Orr
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 from 4 votes
Cast
- Wil Wheaton as Ehrich Weiss / Young Harry Houdini
- Jeffrey DeMunn as Adult Harry Houdini
- Kerri Green as Calpernia
- Barry Corbin as Elmore
- Roy Dotrice as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- J. Reuben Silverbird as John Parker
- José Ferrer as Dr. Tybalt Grimaldi
- Rossie Harris as Theo
- Phillip Brock as Wesley
- Michael Alldredge as Yardbull
- Sean McClory as Sean O'Casey
- Lee de Broux as Marshall
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