Vince plays Don Gallico a technician who creates illusions for stage performers like The Great Rinaldi ( John Emery ). When he fancies a go at performing himself he is stopped by an injunction from his employer Ormond ( John Randolph ) who is also Rinaldi's business partner. Ormond has already relieved Gallico of his wife and when he taunts him about that Gallico snaps and decapitates him. He is then forced to kill again using all his arts when others get close to the truth.
This is marvellously entertaining stuff with a sharp script and great performances all round although you don't mistake who the star is.
Mary Murphy ( as Karen Lee )
Sex : Mary's first appearance in tight shorts and see-through blouse is gobsmacking.
Death : Survives
Mary was a star in the making after her appearance as good girl Kathie in The Wild One the year before. Somehow, the good roles never came her way and she worked mainly in TV in the sixties and early seventies. She retired around 1976 and gave her time to environmental causes. She died of heart disease in 2011 aged 80.
Eva Gabor ( as Claire Ormond )
Sex : No
Death : Strangled by Gallico
Eva was the younger sister of the recently deceased Zsa Zsa and was actually the first member of the family to emigrate from Hungary. Though overshadowed by her sister's antics, Eva had the longer career - as an actress anyway - and was married five times herself. She died following a bathtub fall in 1995 aged 76.
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