Death Defying Acts

Death Defying Acts

5.9IMDb Score
Released:2007-09-13
Genre:Drama, Romance
Duration:97 min
Country:Australia, United Kingdom, United States of America
Director:Gillian Armstrong
Actors:Catherine Zeta-Jones, Guy Pearce, Timothy Spall, Saoirse Ronan, Malcolm Shields
Production:BBC Film, Australian Film Finance Corporation, Myriad Pictures, Zephyr Films, MacGowan Films

Overview:

On a tour of Britain in 1926, Harry Houdini enters into a passionate affair with a psychic out to con the famous magician.

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