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19 August 1949 (USA)
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The biggest picture in ten years! The greatest cavalcade of intrigue, spectacle, adventure and excitement you'll ever see on the screen
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Hypnotist uses his powers for revenge against King Louis XV's court. full summary | add synopsis
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Under-rated gem!
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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. |
| Charles Goldner | ... | Dr. Franz Anton Mesmer |
| Lee Kresel | ... | King Louis XVI / Innkeeper |
| Robert Atkins | ... | King Louis XV |
| Nicholas Bruce | ... | De Remy |
| Franco Corsaro | ... | Chico |
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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Italian censorship visa # 5644 dated 20 April 1949.
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Continuity: Early in the film the guards whip Joseph, they then attempt to burn his eyes out. The iron is heated by a character out of uniform who passes it to a soldier. We see the scene from the back and the soldier moves the iron towards the child's eyes, a cut to the front has the non uniformed character moving the iron towards the child's eyes, a cut back shows the iron back in the hands of the uniformed soldier.
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Orson Welles is mesmerizing and perfectly suited to the role of
Count Cagliostro. He has waited silently for over 20 years secretly
planning revenge on the ruling class he holds responsible for the
drunken public execution of his Mother he witnessed as a boy.
Is Cagliostro an ambitious Gypsy charlatan or a demonic master
of the black arts? There are several entertaining scenes where
Cagliostro gains the upper hand over odds stacked against him
such as the "choking rope" switcheroo in the jail, and the "your
legs are like wax" turnabout. Yet similarly to SVENGALI (John
Barrymore) he will not be able to exert this will power forever over
everyone. Welles seems to be thoroughly enjoying himself throughout. in
BLACK MAGIC has threads in common with "The Prisoner in the
Mirror" Boris Karloff presents THRILLER teleplay, an updating of
the magician known as Cagliostro. The real mystery is why such an enjoyable movie was dismissed
as something of little importance. It's my favorite off-beat Welles
film. Welles co-directed, though was uncredited.