In Moscow, Houdini escaped from a Siberian prison transport van. In many of these challenge escapes, Houdini would first be stripped nude and searched. In each city, Houdini would challenge local police to restrain him with shackles and lock him in their jails. He gave a demonstration of escape from handcuffs at Scotland Yard, and succeeded in baffling the police so effectively that he was booked at the Alhambra for six months.Houdini became widely known as "The Handcuff King." He toured England, Scotland, the Netherlands, Germany, France, and Russia. After some days of unsuccessful interviews in London, Houdini managed to interest Dundas Slater, then manager of the Alhambra Theatre. In 1900, Beck arranged for Houdini to tour Europe. Within months, he was performing at the top vaudeville houses in the country. Impressed by Houdini's handcuffs act, Beck advised him to concentrate on escape acts and booked him on the Orpheum vaudeville circuit.
The picture is partially based on facts, the real events were the following : Houdini's "big break" came in 1899 when he met manager Martin Beck in rural Woodstock, Illinois. The motion picture is finely directed by Geoorge Marshall. (Curtis's Houdini agrees to seek medical attention "when the tour is over.") Houdini actually developed the Chinese Torture Cell trick fourteen years before he died and performed it numerous times. For example, it portrays the cause of Houdini's death to be the magician's failure to escape from the Chinese Water Torture Cell. This film, well played by Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, has contributed, in part, to several misconceptions about Houdini's life. It contains thrills, suspense, emotions, a romantic story and is quite entertaining. This is a mostly fictionalized biopic of Houdini's life, was made. It's a story with Harry Houdini, arguably the greatest illusionist and escape artist of our time. He gave a demonstration of escape from handcuffs at Scotland Yard, and succeeded in baffling the police so effectively that he was booked at the show. After some days of unsuccessful interviews in London, Houdini managed to interest a manager of the Alhambra Theatre. In 1900, his manager arranged for Houdini to tour Europe.
During Harry Houdini's tour of Britain in 1926, the master escapist realizes a highly publicized show. Bess acts in the shows, which became known as "The Houdinis." For the rest of Houdini's performing career, Bess would work as his stage assistant. Harry met fellow performer Wilhelmina Beatrice (Bess) Rahner (Janet Leigh), whom he married. At the same the young Houdini (Tony Curtis) enters into a passionate affair with a beautiful girl. At the outset, he had little success he performed in dime sideshows, and even doubled as "The Wild Man. Spectacular biography of famed escape artist dealing with the Great Houdini.
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