The Magician

The Magician

THEY FOUGHT FOR A GIRL'S SOUL!

1926•1h 19m•6.1/10

DramaHorrorFantasy

Ratings

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6.1/10(30)

A young woman, Margaret Dauncey, is caught between the forces of a charlatan magician, Oliver Haddo, whom she is unable to resist, and the love of a handsome surgeon, Arthur Burdon, who has saved her from being a helpless cripple by performing a delicate operation on her spine.

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Production

Metro-Goldwyn Pictures Corporation

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

Alice Terry

Alice Terry

Margaret Dauncey

Paul Wegener

Paul Wegener

Oliver Haddo

Firmin Gémier

Firmin Gémier

Dr. Porhoët

Iván Petrovich

Iván Petrovich

Dr. Arthur Burdon

Gladys Hamer

Susie Boyd

Henry Wilson

Haddo's Servant

Hubert I. Stowitts

Dancing Faun

Claude Fielding

Dancing Faun (uncredited)

Gerald Fielding

Dancing Faun (uncredited)

Rosita Garcia

Rosita Garcia

Young Woman Bitten by Snake (uncredited)

Michael Powell

Michael Powell

Man with Balloon at Snake Charming (uncredited)

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