Death Defying Acts
“Love is inescapable”
On a tour of Britain in 1926, Harry Houdini enters into a passionate affair with a psychic out to con the famous magician.
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Cast
19 people
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Mary McGarvie
Known for
Wednesday
The Terminal
Guy Pearce
Harry Houdini
Known for
Memento
Iron Man 3
Timothy Spall
Sugarman
Known for
The Last Samurai
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Saoirse Ronan
Benji McGarvie
Known for
Lady Bird
Little Women
Malcolm Shields
Leith Romeo
Known for
Perfect Sense
Hallam Foe
Leni Harper
Leith Romeo's wife
Also in
Me & My Girl
ChuckleVision
Ralph Riach
Mr. Robertson
Known for
Copying Beethoven
What We Did on Our Holiday
Olivia Darnley
Flower Stall Seller
Known for
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
Anthony O'Donnell
Oily Librarian
Known for
A Very English Scandal
Bodies
Billy McColl
McTavish
Also in
Dinner at the Sporting Club
Ordeal by Innocence
James Holmes
Ugly Mug
Also in
The Confederate
Lava
Melanie Harris
Rose
Also in
Lexx
Sixty Six
Gillian Armstrong Director · Tony Grisoni Writer Brian Ward Writer
Worldwide gross $8.4M · Budget $20M · United States release September 13, 2007
Box office
Budget
$20,000,000
Worldwide gross
$8,380,329
Gross vs. budget
0.4×
Production
BBC Film
Production · Studio
Australian Film Finance Corporation
Production
Myriad Pictures
Production
Zephyr Films
Production
MacGowan Films
Production
Australia · United Kingdom · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French · Italian
Release dates
Romania · September 13, 2007
Theatrical
United States · September 13, 2007
Theatrical
Australia
March 13, 2008 · Theatrical
France
October 20, 2007 · Theatrical
Germany
February 9, 2008 · Theatrical
Hungary
July 20, 2009 · Digital
Ireland
August 8, 2008 · Digital
Italy
April 24, 2009 · Theatrical
Japan
July 29, 2009 · Digital
South Korea
March 27, 2008 · Theatrical
Spain
April 1, 2008 · Theatrical
Taiwan
September 5, 2008 · Theatrical
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