"A biography of the renowned escape artist Harry Houdini, examining his fascination with the occult and his promise to his wife on her deathbed that he would speak from the beyond."
Paul Michael Glaser
as Harry Houdini
Sally Struthers
as Bess Houdini
Ruth Gordon
as Cecilia Weiss
Vivian Vance
as Minnie
Adrienne Barbeau
as Daisy White
Bill Bixby
as Rev. Arthur Ford
Jack Carter
as Theo Weiss
Peter Cushing
as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Nina Foch
as Reverend Le Veyne
Wilfrid Hyde-White
as Superintendent Melville
Geoffrey Lewis
as Dr. Crandon
Maureen O'Sullivan
as Lady Conan Doyle
Clive Revill
as Dundas Slater
Barbara Rhoades
as Margery Crandon
Marilyn Brodnick
as Dorothy Weiss
Patrick Culliton
as Franz Kukla
Richard Kennedy
as Pub Policeman
Karin Collison
as Barmaid
Jan Stratton
as Hotel Maid
Jerome Thor
as
Melville Shavelson
Director
Writer
Peter Benchley
Archie R. Dalzell
Director of Photography
Thomas Tuttle
Makeup Artist
Bob Signorelli
Set Decoration
Tracy Bousman
Production Design
Emile LaVigne
Peter Matz
Original Music Composer
Bud Klutchman
Assistant Editor
Jerry Rosenthal
Sound Editor
John Woodcock
Editor
Naomi Cavin
Hairstylist