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Death Defying Acts

Death Defying Acts

5.9/ 10

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2007

Release Year

97 min

Runtime

Drama
Romance

Overview

On a tour of Britain in 1926, Harry Houdini enters into a passionate affair with a psychic out to con the famous magician.

Keywords

scotland
escape artist
clairvoyant
woman director
1920s
houdini

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Reviews(2)

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John Chard

John Chard

July 7, 2014

4
4/10

Houdini Affairs of the Heart and Head. Death Defying Acts is directed by Gillian Armstrong and written by Tony Grisoni and Brian Ward. It stars Guy Pearce, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Timothy Spall and Saoirse Ronan. Music is by Cezary Skubiszewski and cinematography by Haris Zambarloukos. Not a bio

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Wuchak

Wuchak

May 11, 2025

6
6/10

**_Part factual, part fictional accounting of Houdini’s final months in 1926_** The showman (Guy Pearce) visits Edinburgh, Scotland, where he meets a psychic woman and her daughter, who are out to con him (Catherine Zeta-Jones and Saoirse Ronan). Timothy Spall is on hand as Harry’s protective tou

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