--- title: 'The Mad Magician (1954)' type: 'film' director: 'John Brahm' released: '1954-01-01' runtime_minutes: 73 genres: - 'Horror' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-mad-magician-1954' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047200/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Mad Magician (1954) 1954 · 73 min · Horror · United States ## Synopsis The Mad Magician is a 1954 American horror film in 3D, directed by John Brahm starring Vincent Price, Mary Murphy and Eva Gabor. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures, with a release in 3-D to build on the craze started by films such as House of Wax (1953), which also starred Price. In the film, a master illusionist murders his employer after learning he tricked him into signing away ownership of every trick he invents, and finds that to avoid being caught for the murder he must kill again and again. ## Credits - **Director:** [John Brahm](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-brahm) - **Screenplay:** [Crane Wilbur](https://cinepixo.com/people/crane-wilbur) - **Original Music Composer:** [Arthur Lange](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-lange) - **Producer:** [Bryan Foy](https://cinepixo.com/people/bryan-foy) - **Director of Photography:** [Bert Glennon](https://cinepixo.com/people/bert-glennon) ## Cast - [Roy Engel](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-engel) - [Tom Powers](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-powers) - [Robert Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-williams) - [Roland Varno](https://cinepixo.com/people/roland-varno) - [Corey Allen](https://cinepixo.com/people/corey-allen) - [Lyle Talbot](https://cinepixo.com/people/lyle-talbot) - [Jay Novello](https://cinepixo.com/people/jay-novello) - [Vincent Price](https://cinepixo.com/people/vincent-price) - [Eva Gabor](https://cinepixo.com/people/eva-gabor) - [John Emery](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-emery) - [Patrick O'Neal](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-o-neal) - [Donald Randolph](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-randolph) - [Mary Murphy](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-murphy) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-mad-magician-1954 Film facts: Wikidata (Q2004016); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.