The work print shows the title against a black background like the '77 version. Original title card on the 1976 work print.Īnd just to make matters a little more complicated, there is also a difference between the 1976 work print and the broadcast version. The title card was indeed changed for the repeat broadcast on April 6, 1977, and this modified version is what found its way onto home video in Europe and is the only version available today.īut when the title rolled on October 8, 1976, it was. Now thanks to our friend MSW, who has an original work print in his collection, and the Magic Castle library, who have what appears to be a recording of the original '76 broadcast, I was finally able to confirm that the title on the original film was The Great Houdinis (plural). But I've never actually been able to prove it. However, I've always believed that the title card was changed to the singular for the 1977 repeat.
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Because of this, most sources now call the movie The Great Houdini, including IMDb. While the original publicity material shows the film as being called The Great Houdinis, the title card on the surviving film shows it as The Great Houdini. Was the 1976 ABC TV movie called The Great Houdini (singular) or The Great Houdinis (plural)? This has been a surprisingly tricky question to answer. Title card on the '77 repeat and current versions of The Great Houdinis.
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