A longer length would have benefitted, so that the script could have gone into more detail and depth with what is presented while also including more. While 'Houdini' is very well made and entertaining on its own as a film, the man himself and his life, of which the film is very loosely based upon, are not as well served. It certainly serves them well and one can see what the appeal is. It is interesting to see Curtis and then-wife Janet Leigh together on film, and 'Houdini' is the first of five pairings. Found myself quite by accident seeing a number of Tony Curtis films and it's turned into something of a quest. 'Houdini' was partly seen because Harry Houdini was a very interesting man and his life, cut short too early in tragic circumstances from peritonitis/complications from a ruptured appendix (although it is also believed it was caused by being punched in the abdomen), even more fascinating.
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