Movie

Orson Welles' Magic Show

Released: January 24, 1985 (1985)

Runtime: 27 minutes

Genres: Documentary

Welles had a lifelong interest in magic, having been taught his first magic tricks by Harry Houdini in the 1920s, when Welles was still a boy. In this unfinished television special, filmed between 1976 and 1985, Welles performs various magic tricks for the camera, promising that no trick photography is used.