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Death Defying Acts
2007Age guide: 12+
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See it on the shelfOn a tour of Britain in 1926, Harry Houdini enters into a passionate affair with a psychic out to con the famous magician.
★ 5.9/10 · 291 TMDB audience ratings
Starring
Catherine Zeta-JonesMary McGarvie
Guy PearceHarry Houdini
Timothy SpallSugarman
Saoirse RonanBenji McGarvie
Malcolm ShieldsLeith Romeo
Leni HarperLeith Romeo's wife
Ralph RiachMr. Robertson- Olivia DarnleyFlower Stall Seller
Audience reviews from TMDB · may contain spoilers
John Chard: Houdini Affairs of the Heart and Head. Death Defying Acts is directed by Gillian Armstrong and written by Tony Grisoni and Brian Ward.… Read full review
Wuchak: Part factual, part fictional accounting of Houdini’s final months in 1926 The showman (Guy Pearce) visits Edinburgh, Scotland, where he meets a psychic… Read full review