Jailed unjustly for a murder he did not commit, a young man uses his amazing powers of escape to free himself and pursue the actual killers, who hold his fiancée captive.
Stunts
Houdini's handcuffed bridge jump and that plane transfer.
Practical Effects
Every escape performed live; camera couldn't hide failure.
Director
Irvin Willat
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The mid-air plane transfer killed stunt pilot René Fonck's mechanic when a biplane wing broke. The footage stayed in the final cut.
This was Houdini's only surviving complete feature; his others were destroyed or lost, making this accidentally his entire cinematic legacy.
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