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1919 - Harry Houdini in "The Grim Game"

He shows off skills as escapologist, stuntman, and aviator.

The film ends with a mid-air plane collision that wasn't scripted. No one was killed,
and the story was rewritten to incorporate the accident. Publicity promoted this
dramatic "caught on film" moment, claiming it was Houdini himself, rather than
his stunt double, who was dangling from the plane at fade out.


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