Overview

Welles had a lifelong interest in magic, having been taught his first magic tricks by Harry Houdini in the 1920s, when Welles was still a boy. In this unfinished television special, filmed between 1976 and 1985, Welles performs various magic tricks for the camera, promising that no trick photography is used.

Top Cast

Orson Welles

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Angie Dickinson

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Allen Bracken

Magician's Assistant

Gary Graver

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Roger Hill

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Shawn Stevens

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