---
title: 'Black Magic (1950)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Orson Welles'
released: '1950-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 105
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Italy'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/black-magic-1950'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041182/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Black Magic (1950)

1950 · 105 min · Drama · Italy, United States


## Synopsis

Black Magic is a 1949 Italian–American adventure drama film directed by Gregory Ratoff and starring Orson Welles, Nancy Guild and Akim Tamiroff. Set in the 18th century, it chronicles the life of Joseph Balsamo, an illusionist and charlatan who also went by the alias of Count Cagliostro. It is an adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' 1848 novel Joseph Balsamo.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Orson Welles](https://cinepixo.com/people/orson-welles), [Gregory Ratoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/gregory-ratoff)
- **Producer:** [Gregory Ratoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/gregory-ratoff)
- **Screenplay:** [Charles Bennett](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-bennett), [Richard Schayer](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-schayer)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Paul Sawtell](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-sawtell)
- **Director of Photography:** [Otello Martelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/otello-martelli), [Ubaldo Arata](https://cinepixo.com/people/ubaldo-arata), [Anchise Brizzi](https://cinepixo.com/people/anchise-brizzi)
- **Editor:** [Fred R. Feitshans Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-r-feitshans-jr)

## Cast

- [Nancy Guild](https://cinepixo.com/people/nancy-guild)
- [Silvana Mangano](https://cinepixo.com/people/silvana-mangano)
- [Bruce Belfrage](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-belfrage)
- [Stephen Bekassy](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-bekassy)
- [Orson Welles](https://cinepixo.com/people/orson-welles)
- [Charles Goldner](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-goldner)
- [Valentina Cortese](https://cinepixo.com/people/valentina-cortese)
- [Frank Latimore](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-latimore)
- [Gregory Gaye](https://cinepixo.com/people/gregory-gaye)
- [Milly Vitale](https://cinepixo.com/people/milly-vitale)
- [Ronald Adam](https://cinepixo.com/people/ronald-adam)
- [Akim Tamiroff](https://cinepixo.com/people/akim-tamiroff)
- [Margot Grahame](https://cinepixo.com/people/margot-grahame)
- [Franco Corsaro](https://cinepixo.com/people/franco-corsaro)
- [Rosina Galli](https://cinepixo.com/people/rosina-galli)

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