Black Magic
“...It Will Hold You in its Spell!”
DirectorGregory Ratoff
ScreenplayAlexandre Dumas, Charles Bennett
A hypnotist uses his powers for revenge against King Louis XV's court.
Release
Aug 19, 1949
Country
United States, Italy
Cast
Orson Welles
Joseph Balsamo aka Count Cagliostro
Nancy Guild
Marie Antoinette / Lorenza
Akim Tamiroff
Gitano
Frank Latimore
Gilbert de Rezel
Valentina Cortese
Zoraida
Margot Grahame
Mme. du Barry
Stephen Bekassy
Viscount de Montagne
Berry Kroeger
Alexandre Dumas, Sr.
Gregory Gaye
Chambord / Monk (as Gregory Gay)
Raymond Burr
Alexandre Dumas, Jr.
Robert Atkins
King Louis XV
Ronald Adam
Court President
Bruce Belfrage
Crown Prosecutor
Leonardo Scavino
Gaston / Beniamino Balsamo (as Leon Lenoir)
Tamara Shayne
Maria Balsamo
Peter Trent
Dr. Mesmer's Friend
Tatyana Pavlova
Grieving Mother
Harriet Medin
(uncredited)
Ludmilla Dudarova
(uncredited)
Rosina Galli
(uncredited)
Silvana Mangano
(uncredited)
Milly Vitale
(uncredited)
Orson Welles was 34, Nancy Guild was 23, and Akim Tamiroff was 49 when “Black Magic” premiered (1949).
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