Black Magic (1949)

19491h 41mdir. Gregory Ratoff, Orson WellesUnited States, Italydrama film

With Nancy Guild, Akim Tamiroff, Orson Welles, Frank Latimore, Valentina Cortese, Margot Grahame, Raymond Burr, Rosina Galli

Directed by Gregory Ratoff, Orson Welles

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Black Magic is a 1949 Italian–American adventure drama film directed by Gregory Ratoff and starring Orson Welles, Nancy Guild and Akim Tamiroff. Set in the 18th century, it chronicles the life of Joseph Balsamo, an illusionist and charlatan who also went by the alias of Count Cagliostro. It is an adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' 1848 novel Joseph Balsamo.

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