Black Magic

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Black Magic

"...It Will Hold You in its Spell!"

1949

1h 45m

6.3(21 votes)

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A hypnotist uses his powers for revenge against King Louis XV's court.

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34 members

Directing

Orson Welles

Joseph Balsamo aka Count Cagliostro

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Nancy Guild

Marie Antoinette / Lorenza

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Akim Tamiroff

Gitano

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Frank Latimore

Gilbert de Rezel

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Valentina Cortese

Zoraida

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Margot Grahame

Mme. du Barry

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Stephen Bekassy

Viscount de Montagne

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Berry Kroeger

Alexandre Dumas, Sr.

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Gregory Gaye

Chambord / Monk (as Gregory Gay)

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Raymond Burr

Alexandre Dumas, Jr.

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Charles Goldner

Dr. Franz Anton Mesmer

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Lee Kresel

King Louis XVI / Innkeeper

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Robert Atkins

King Louis XV

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Nicholas Bruce

De Remy

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Franco Corsaro

Chico

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Annielo Mele

Joseph Balsamo as a Child

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Ronald Adam

Court President

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Bruce Belfrage

Crown Prosecutor

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Alexander Danaroff

Dr. Duval / Baron von Minden

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Leonardo Scavino

Gaston / Beniamino Balsamo (as Leon Lenoir)

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Tamara Shayne

Maria Balsamo

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Joop van Hulzen

Minister of Justice

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Peter Trent

Dr. Mesmer's Friend

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Giuseppe Varni

Boehmer

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Tatyana Pavlova

Grieving Mother

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Harriet Medin

(uncredited)

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Valentino Bruchi

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Ludmilla Dudarova

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Rosina Galli

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Silvana Mangano

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Filippo Minelli

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Michele Sakara

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Nicholas Soussanin

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Milly Vitale

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