Black Magic (1949 film)

Black Magic
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGregory Ratoff
Orson Welles (uncredited)
Screenplay byCharles Bennett
Richard Schayer
Based onMémoires d'un médecin: Joseph Balsamo
1846-8 novel
by Alexandre Dumas
Produced byGregory Ratoff
Dario Sabatello
Edward Small
StarringOrson Welles
Nancy Guild
Akim Tamiroff
CinematographyUbaldo Arata
Anchise Brizzi
Edited byFred R. Feitshans Jr.
James C. McKay
Music byPaul Sawtell
Production
company
Edward Small Productions
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • August 19, 1949 (1949-08-19)
Running time
105 minutes
CountriesUnited States
Italy
LanguageEnglish
Budget250,000,000 lire[1] ($1.5 million[2])

Black Magic is a 1949 American adventure drama romance film adaptation of Alexandre Dumas's novel Joseph Balsamo. It was directed by Gregory Ratoff. Set in the 18th century, the film stars Orson Welles in the lead role as Joseph Balsamo, a hypnotist, magician, and charlatan who also goes by the alias of Count Cagliostro, and Nancy Guild as Lorenza/Marie Antoinette. Akim Tamiroff has a featured role as Gitano. The film received mixed reviews.

  1. ^ Variety (7 April 2018). "Variety (December 1947)". New York: Variety Publishing Company – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ Variety (7 April 2018). "Variety (November 1947)". New York: Variety Publishing Company – via Internet Archive.

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