Don Gallico is an inventor of stage magic effects who aspires to become a star in his own right. Just before his first performance his act is shut down by capricious manager Ross Ormond who wants Gallico's brilliant buzz saw effect for the act of The Great Rinaldi, an established star. With this defeat, and the humiliation of having already lost his wife Claire to Ormond, Gallico decides it is time to take matters into his own hands.

• DirectorJohn Brahm
• Release19 May 1954
• Genre
  Thriller / Crime
• Duration1h 12m
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• Rate
  

  6.875
  48 reviews
• Productions

  Columbia Pictures