Top billed cast

1. 

   Catherine Zeta-Jones

   Mary McGarvie

2. 

   Guy Pearce

   Harry Houdini

3. 

   Timothy Spall

   Sugarman

4. 

   Saoirse Ronan

   Benji McGarvie

5. 

   Malcolm Shields

   Leith Romeo

6. 

   Leni Harper

   Leith Romeo's wife

7. 

   Ralph Riach

   Mr. Robertson

8. 

   Olivia Darnley

   Flower Stall Seller

9. 

   Anthony O'Donnell

   Oily Librarian

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on 2014-07-07

Houdini Affairs of the Heart and Head.

Death Defying Acts is directed by Gillian Armstrong and written by Tony Grisoni and Brian Ward. It stars Guy Pearce, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Timothy Spall and Saoirse Ronan. Music is by Cezary Skubiszewski and cinematography by Haris Zambarloukos.

Not a biopic of Harry Houdini, but an episode in his life, Death Defying Acts (a bum steer of a title) is lukewarm across the board. Story charts the years after the death of Houdini’s mother, where he travels to 1920s Edinburgh and falls in with Psychic Tricksters Mary (Jones) and Benji McGarvie (Ronan), ...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$20,000,000.00

Revenue
$8,380,329.00

Keywords

• scotland
• escape artist
• clairvoyant
• woman director
• 1920s
• houdini