Other mistake: Bess objects to Harry recreating Von Schweger's water torture cell escape because "it killed him." There are good reasons for Bess to object, but this isn't one of them: as Bess and Harry both know, Von Schweger survived, lived a long life, and died of natural causes.
Houdini (1953)
1 other mistake - chronological order
Directed by: George Marshall
Starring: Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, Torin Thatcher, Angela Clarke
Factual error: In the film, Houdini's family name is Schwartz. In reality, it was Weisz.
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