Death Defying Acts

Cast: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Guy Pearce, Timothy Spall, Jack Bailey, Saoirse Ronan, MacKay Crawford, Aaron Brown, Martin Fisher, James Fiddy, Miles Jupp, Tim Frost, Cloe Mackie, Silvia Lombardo, Frankey Martyn, Holly Mackie, Dodger Phillips, Aileen O'Gorman

Director: Gillian Armstrong

Rating: PG

Studio: Weinstein Co.

Release date: July 11th, 2008

Synopsis:

Based on true events during the escape artist Harry Houdini's 1926 tour of Britain. It follows Houdini's passionate relationship with a woman he encounters in Scotland.

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