Death Defying Acts
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Gillian Armstrong
Guy Pearce
Catherine Zeta-jones
Frankey Martyn
Timothy Spall
Mackay Crawford
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
When famous escape artist Harry Houdini arrives in Edinburgh and offers a $10,000 reward to anyone who can contact his mother from beyond the grave, a beautiful but deceptive psychic and her young 'sidekick' daughter take the challenge. As Houdini spends time with this mysterious woman, he is beguiled by her charms, and what begins as a con evolves into a far more complicated and dangerous affair.
Director
Gillian Armstrong
Cast
Guy Pearce
Catherine Zeta-jones
Frankey Martyn
Timothy Spall
Mackay Crawford
Saoirse Ronan
Malcolm Shields
Leni Harper
Ralph Riach
Olivia Darnley
Anthony O'donnell
Billy Mccoll
James Holmes
Aileen O'gorman
Raymond Griffiths
Shaun Mason
Tom Cotcher
Joanne Cummins
Carol Robb
Mark Carter
Paul Grunert
Graeme Mcknight
Aaron Brown
Martin Fisher
Emma Humphries
Miles Jupp
Tim Frost
Cloe Mackie
Holly Mackie
David Mckail
Maev Alexander
Richard Dean
Rod Arthur
Alan David
Lorraine Hilton
Dodger Phillips
Campbell Graham
Jack Bailey
Justin Flagg
Crew
Alicia Aguilera
Simon Alberry
Phil Allchin
Naomi Anderlini
Stuart Anderson
Reno Antoniades
Kathrine Armfelt
Geraldine Atlee
Philippa Atterton
John Attwell
Leo Bahas
Tim Baier
Chris Bailey
Simon Baker
Vanessa Baker
Isabel Baquero
Joe Barlow
Libbie Barr
Rami Bartholdy
Natalie Bassingthwaite
Paul Bates
Suzie Batters
Greg Beager
Nicholas Beauman
Belinda Bennetts
Dave Bingham
Ashley Bond
Richard Bradshaw
Chris Breeze
Steve Brigden
Stuart Brisdon
Kerry Brogan
Kerry Brogan
John Butler
Damian Butlin
Sandra Butterworth
Susannah Buxton
Emmet Cahill
Neil Cairns
Tricia Cameron
Donny Campbell
Sally Caplan
Luke Carey
Tony Chance
Linda Chiu
Wailoon Chung
Mike Clark-hall
Martin Clay
Karen Cockburn
Anthony Cogin
Kevin Collyer
Jennifer Cote
George Cottle
Gethin Creagh
Miglet Crichton
Tom Crooke
Chris Cullum
Chris Curling
Richard Curling
Kirk D'amico
Emma Davie
William Davies
Joy Maxwell Davis
Brendan Diver
Nam Doan
Arthur Donnelly
Brendan Donnison
Jim Dowdall
Hamish Doyne-ditmas
Allison Drury
Brad Dunn
Rebecca Dunn
Norman Dutton
David Edwards
Emma Edwards
Mark English
Russell D Equi
Will Evans
Vincent Fiere
Andy Finnie
Neil Finnighan
Kevin Fleet
Olivier Fontenay
Peter Ford
Gary Forsyth
Hollie Foster
Lucas Foster
Mark Franken
Liz Gallacher
Kay Garcia
Andrew Gardiner
Jamie Gavin
Jane Gibson
Mike Gilbert
Lesley Gogarty
Mandy Gold
Elliot Goodman
Ross Grainger
Robin Gray
Carol Greenfield
Matt Greig
Tony Grisoni
Tony Grisoni
Steve Haines
Naomi J Hall
Mark Hanlon
Michael Harkin
Sasha Harris
Makoto Hatanaka
Sam Haveland
Paul Heasman
Gary Hedges
Guy Heeley
Paul Hegany
Jethro Hegarty
Terry Heggarty
Carol-anne Henderson
Leslie Hills
Stephanie Hills
Alex Hodgson
Vince Holden
John Hollywood
Dave Hopkins
Toby Hosking
John Hurley
Paul Inglis
Gemma Jackson
Polly Jefferies
Claire Jennings
Chris John
Graham Johnston
Matthew Jones
Lawrence Joseph
Leah Katz
Amanda Keable
Christopher Kelly
Giles Keyte
Billy Kimberley
Gyuri Kiss
Llaszlo Kiss
Steve Knowles
Denise Kum
Carol Kupisz
Anita Kwasniewski
Jonathan Lau
Ron Layton
Derek Lea
Fiona Leech
Jarrod Linton
Jeremy Lishman
Aisling Lloyd
Ben Lloyd
Andy Long
J.j. Lousberg
Tony Lucken
Dan Lupovitz
Demis Lyall-wilson
Anna Lynch-robinson
Marian Macgowan
Iain Mackay
Rob Macpherson
Jane Maguire
Bradley Malin
Paul Marah
Vicky Marks
Steve Mascall
Darryl Mascarenhas
Nuria Mbomio
Jacqui Mcbride
Caroline Mccall
Frank Mcconalogue
Claire Mcdonald
Dave Mcgeary
Brian Mcgivern
David Mcgreary
Patrick Mcgurn
Daryl Mckenzie
Sarah Mclauchlan
Grant Mclean
Eamon Mcloughlin
Mike Mcloughlin
Michael Mcmenomy
Michael Mcmenomy
Bryce Menzies
Kate Meyer
Campbell Mitchell
Fiona Morham
Brian Morris
Colin Morris
Dave Morrison
Mark Mottram
Anja Mueller
Anja Müller
Bronwyn Murphy
Colin Mutch
Hajime Nakamura
Scott Napier
Marcia Nasatir
Jeremy Nathan
Jeremy Nathan
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Summer July 11, 2008
Released in United States June 2008
Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival (Directors' Showcase) June 18-29, 2008.
Rachel Weisz previously attached to star.
The Weinstein Company acquired the project for a reported sum of $5.5 million at the 2006 American Film Market.
Released in United States Summer July 11, 2008 (NY, LA)
Released in United States June 2008 (Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival (Directors' Showcase) June 18-29, 2008.)