Don Gallico is an inventor of stage magic effects who aspires to become a star in his own right. Just before his first performance his act is shut down by capricious manager Ross Ormond who wants Gallico's brilliant buzz saw effect for the act of The Great Rinaldi, an established star. With this defeat, and the humiliation of having already lost his wife Claire to Ormond, Gallico decides it is time to take matters into his own hands.
Vincent Price
as Don Gallico
Mary Murphy
as Karen Lee
Eva Gabor
as Claire Gallico Ormond
John Emery
as Rinaldi aka 'The Great Rinaldi'
Donald Randolph
as Ross Ormond
Lenita Lane
as Alice Prentiss
Patrick O'Neal
as Lt. Alan Bruce
Jay Novello
as Frank Prentiss
Corey Allen
as Gus a Stagehand (uncredited)
Conrad Brooks
as Bonfire Extra (uncredited)
Roy Engel
as Detective (uncredited)
Lyle Talbot
as Program Hawker (uncredited)
