Top billed cast

1. 

   Anthony Hopkins

   Corky Withers / Fats (voice)

2. 

   Ann-Margret

   Peggy Ann Snow

3. 

   Burgess Meredith

   Ben Greene

4. 

   Ed Lauter

   Duke

5. 

   E.J. André

   Merlin

6. 

   Jerry Houser

   Cab Driver

7. 

   David Ogden Stiers

   George Todson

8. 

   Lillian Randolph

   Sadie

9. 

   Joe Lowry

   Club M.C.

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak

Written by Wuchak on 2024-05-13

**_Anthony Hopkins as a schizophrenic magician and Ann-Margret the woman he loves_**

A shy man finds success as a ventriloquist with his dummy “Fats,” but vacations in his hometown in the Catskills where he seeks to reunite with a high school friend. As his agent tries to find him, the woman's hubby might show up. Burgess Meredith and Ed Lauter play the latter two.

“Magic” (1978) is a slow burn Hitchcock-ian psychological drama/thriller that mixes bits of "Psycho" with the creepy mannequins of several 70's movies/shows, like Kolchak: The Night Stalker's "The Trevi Collection." Th...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$7,000,000.00

Revenue
$23,800,000.00

Keywords

• based on novel or book
• magic
• telepathy
• 1970s
• alter ego
• ventriloquist
• evil doll
• dead body
• madness
• split personality
• high school sweetheart
• ventriloquist's dummy
• ventriloquism
• magician
• psychological horror