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* SleightOfTongue: Bess passes Harry the key to his handcuffs by kissing him.
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The movie focuses on the relationships between Harry, his wife Bess (Sally Struthers), and his mother Cecilia (Creator/RuthGordon), as well as Harry's failed attempts at contacting Cecilia after her death and his efforts to discredit spiritualism.
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The movie focuses on the relationships between Harry, his wife Bess (Sally Struthers), (Creator/SallyStruthers), and his mother Cecilia (Creator/RuthGordon), as well as Harry's failed attempts at contacting Cecilia after her death and his efforts to discredit spiritualism.
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* AffairLetters: Harry has an affair with Daisy White (Creator/AdrienneBarbeau). A medium obtains some of the letters exchanged and tries to use them against Harry during the congressional hearing.
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* WaxingLyrical: [[spoiler:Bess visits a medium (Creator/BillBixby) who claims he can contact Harry in the afterlife. He recites the lyrics of the song "Rosabelle," which the two had agreed on as the words Harry would use if he tried to contact Bess from the other side.]]
* YourCheatingHeart: Harry has an affair with Daisy White (Creator/AdrienneBarbeau). A medium obtains some of his AffairLetters and tries to use them against Harry during the congressional hearing.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Harry has an affair with Daisy White (Creator/AdrienneBarbeau). A medium obtains some of his AffairLetters and tries to use them against Harry during the congressional hearing.
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* WaxingLyrical: [[spoiler:Bess visits a medium (Creator/BillBixby) who claims he can contact Harry in the afterlife. He recites the lyrics of the song "Rosabelle," which the two had agreed on as the words Harry would use if he tried to contact Bess from the other side.]]
* YourCheatingHeart: Harry has an affair with Daisy White (Creator/AdrienneBarbeau). A medium obtains some of his AffairLetters and tries to use them against Harry during the congressional hearing.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Harry has an affair with Daisy White (Creator/AdrienneBarbeau). A medium obtains some of his AffairLetters and tries to use them against Harry during the congressional hearing.
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''The Great Houdinis'' is a 1976 TV {{biopic}} of Creator/HarryHoudini, starring Paul Michael Glaser, written by Creator/PeterBenchley and Melville Shavelson, and directed by Shavelson, that aired on Creator/{{ABC}} on October 8, 1976. It was broadcast again on April 6, 1977 as ''The Great Houdini''.
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''The Great Houdinis'' is a 1976 TV {{biopic}} of Creator/HarryHoudini, starring Paul Michael Glaser, Creator/PaulMichaelGlaser, written by Creator/PeterBenchley and Melville Shavelson, and directed by Shavelson, that aired on Creator/{{ABC}} on October 8, 1976. It was broadcast again on April 6, 1977 as ''The Great Houdini''.
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The movie focuses on the relationships between Harry, his wife Bess (Sally Struthers), and his mother Cecilia (Ruth Gordon), (Creator/RuthGordon), as well as Harry's failed attempts at contacting Cecilia after her death and his efforts to discredit spiritualism.spiritualism.
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* SpiritAdvisor: One medium [[spoiler:who turns out to be the only non-fake]] says he has an afterlife contact named Fletcher, who can put him in touch with other dead people.
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* WaxingLyrical: [[spoiler:Bess visits a medium (Creator/BillBixby) who claims he can contact Harry in the afterlife. He recites the lyrics of the song "Rosabelle," which the two had agreed on as the words Harry would use if he tried to contact Bess from the other side.]]
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* BloodFromTheMouth: Harry coughs blood when a college student punches him before he has time to prepare himself.
* FlashbackEffects: When Minnie starts to tell the story of Harry and Bess, the screen ripples.
* FlashbackEffects: When Minnie starts to tell the story of Harry and Bess, the screen ripples.
* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Daisy White, the woman Harry has an affair with, mentions that she's had abortions.
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* SpookySeance: Harry attends one, which he quickly realizes is bogus when his "mother" refuses to speak Yiddish. [[spoiler:After Harry's death, Bess attends a different one, with a medium who actually succeeds in making contact.]]
* YourCheatingHeart: Harry has an affair with Daisy White (Creator/AdrienneBarbeau). A medium obtains some of the letters they wrote and tries to use them against Harry during the congressional hearing.
* YourCheatingHeart: Harry has an affair with Daisy White (Creator/AdrienneBarbeau). A medium obtains some of the letters they wrote and tries to use them against Harry during the congressional hearing.
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* SpookySeance: Harry attends one, which he quickly realizes is bogus when his "mother" refuses to speak Yiddish. [[spoiler:After Harry's death, Bess attends a different one, with a medium who actually succeeds in making contact.contact with Harry.]]
* YourCheatingHeart: Harry has an affair with Daisy White (Creator/AdrienneBarbeau). A medium obtains some ofthe letters they wrote his AffairLetters and tries to use them against Harry during the congressional hearing.
* YourCheatingHeart: Harry has an affair with Daisy White (Creator/AdrienneBarbeau). A medium obtains some of
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* ThePowerOfHate: Harry's determination to discredit the mediums is the only thing that gets him out of his funk after his mother's death.
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* SpookySeance: Harry attends one, which he quickly realizes is bogus when his "mother" refuses to speak Yiddish. [[spoiler:After Harry's death, Bess attends a different one, with a medium who actually succeeds in making contact.]]
* YourCheatingHeart: Harry has an affair with Daisy White (Creator/AdrienneBarbeau). A medium obtains some of the letters they wrote and tries to use them against Harry during the congressional hearing.
* YourCheatingHeart: Harry has an affair with Daisy White (Creator/AdrienneBarbeau). A medium obtains some of the letters they wrote and tries to use them against Harry during the congressional hearing.
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* AngryCollarGrab: Harry's "audition" in London involves being arrested. He doesn't try to resist, but angrily grabs an officer who tries to arrest Bess.
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* BeardOfSorrow: Cecilia dies calling Harry's name while he's touring Europe. After he gets the news, he falls into a deep depression, during which he grows a beard.
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* HandyFeet: During his prison escape, Harry uses his foot to pick a lock.
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* PostVictoryCollapse: Minnie notes that the milk can escape is aptly named, as Harry milks as much drama from it as possible. He stays inside a can full of water for so long that audience members run onstage to free him. After he escapes, he collapses from holding his breath for so long.
* SceneryCensor: During Harry's naked prison escape, his genitals are hidden by the bars of his cell.
* SceneryCensor: During Harry's naked prison escape, his genitals are hidden by the bars of his cell.
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''The Great Houdinis'' is a 1976 TV {{biopic}} of Creator/HarryHoudini, starring Paul Michael Glaser, written by Creator/PeterBenchley and Melville Shavelson, and directed by Shavelson, that aired on Creator/{{ABC}} on October 8, 1976. It was broadcast again on April 6, 1977 as ''The Great Houdini''.
The movie focuses on the relationships between Harry, his wife Bess (Sally Struthers), and his mother Cecilia (Ruth Gordon), as well as Harry's failed attempts at contacting Cecilia after her death and his efforts to discredit spiritualism.
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!!''The Great Houdinis'' contains examples of:
* BasementDweller: At the time Harry and Bess meet, Harry is living with his mother.
* FourthDateMarriage: By the time they get married, Harry and Bess have only known each other for ten days. She doesn't even know his real name is Erich Weiss until she meets his mother.
* JewishMother: Harry's mother isn't happy with either his career choice or his marriage to a ShiksaGoddess, especially since one of his brothers is a doctor and another is a lawyer. At the beginning of his career, she keeps pressuring him to get a nice job at the tie factory.
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The movie focuses on the relationships between Harry, his wife Bess (Sally Struthers), and his mother Cecilia (Ruth Gordon), as well as Harry's failed attempts at contacting Cecilia after her death and his efforts to discredit spiritualism.
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!!''The Great Houdinis'' contains examples of:
* BasementDweller: At the time Harry and Bess meet, Harry is living with his mother.
* FourthDateMarriage: By the time they get married, Harry and Bess have only known each other for ten days. She doesn't even know his real name is Erich Weiss until she meets his mother.
* JewishMother: Harry's mother isn't happy with either his career choice or his marriage to a ShiksaGoddess, especially since one of his brothers is a doctor and another is a lawyer. At the beginning of his career, she keeps pressuring him to get a nice job at the tie factory.
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