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The Magician (1973)

The Magician poster
Directed by
Marvin J. Chomsky
Genre
action fiction
Country
United States
Length
1 season, 21 episodes
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 13 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A stage magician uses his skills and knowledge of illusions to solve crimes. He helps people in trouble by combining showmanship with deception.

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What happens

The Magician is an American television series that ran during the 1973–1974 season. It starred Bill Bixby as stage illusionist Anthony "Tony" Blake, a playboy philanthropist who used his skills to solve difficult crimes as needed. In the series pilot, the character was named Anthony Dorian; the name was changed due to a conflict with the name of a real-life stage magician. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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