Death Defying Acts

September. 13,2007      PG
Rating:
5.8
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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

Catherine Zeta-Jones as  Mary McGarvie
Guy Pearce as  Harry Houdini
Timothy Spall as  Sugarman
Saoirse Ronan as  Benji McGarvie
Malcolm Shields as  Leith Romeo
Leni Harper as  Leith Romeo's wife
Ralph Riach as  Mr. Robertson
Anthony O'Donnell as  Oily Librarian
Miles Jupp as  Ventriloquist

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