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Death defying acts, Film Finance Corporation Australia, BBC Films, the UK Film Council and Myriad Pictures present ; in association with NSW Film and Television Office ; a MacGowan Lupovitz Nasatir Films and Zephyr Films production ; a film by Gillian Armstrong ; co-produced by Tony Grisoni, Brian Ward ; written by Tony Grisoni, Brian Ward ; produced by Chris Curling, Marian MacGowan ; directed by Gillian Armstrong

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videorecording

MPAA rating: PG; for some sensuality, thematic material, language, violent content and smoking

Death defying acts

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Film Finance Corporation Australia, BBC Films, the UK Film Council and Myriad Pictures present ; in association with NSW Film and Television Office ; a MacGowan Lupovitz Nasatir Films and Zephyr Films production ; a film by Gillian Armstrong ; co-produced by Tony Grisoni, Brian Ward ; written by Tony Grisoni, Brian Ward ; produced by Chris Curling, Marian MacGowan ; directed by Gillian Armstrong

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Mary McGarvie is a beautiful con artist who, with the help of her young daughter, fools audiences into believing she is psychic. The legendary magician Harry Houdini comes to town with a skeptic's challenge. He is going to give $10,000 to anyone who can correctly 'channel' his mother's dying words. Mary accepts the challenge. Houdini enters into a passionate affair with the charming clairvoyant even as he prepares for the most dangerous stunt of his career

live action

Houdini's secret