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The Last Performance

The Last Performance

1929Movie⏱️ 1h 8m
DramaHorrorRomance
6.6
IMDB Rating
553 votes

A middle-aged magician is in love with his beautiful young assistant, who is in love with his young protege', who turns out to be a bum and a thief.

Director
Pál Fejös
Writers
Walter Anthony, James Ashmore Creelman, Tom Reed
Stars
Conrad Veidt, Mary Philbin, Leslie Fenton
Release Date
October 13, 1929
Language
English
Country
United States
💬 5
Reviews
📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Conrad Veidt
Conrad Veidt
as Erik Goff aka Erik the Great
Mary Philbin
Mary Philbin
as Julie Fergeron
Leslie Fenton
Leslie Fenton
as Buffo Black
Fred MacKaye
Fred MacKaye
as Mark Royce
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Eddie Boland
as American Manager
Anders Randolf
Anders Randolf
as Judge
Sam De Grasse
Sam De Grasse
as District Attorney
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Gusztáv Pártos
as Theatre Manager
William H. Turner
William H. Turner
as Booking Agent
George Irving
George Irving
as Defense Attorney

🎬 Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Filming Location
Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
Production
Universal Pictures

🏷️ Keywords

court trialmagicianmurderstage showmelodrama

🎯 Categories

DramaHorrorRomance

⭐ Featured Review

Another Fine Performance By Conrad Veidt
by boblipton2020-10-14
7/10

"Conrad Veidt is a stage magician with two assistants. One is Leslie Fenton. The other is Mary Philbin, with whom Veidt is in love. One evening, Fred MacKaye breaks into Veidt's hotel room and is caught.... hungrily eating Veidt's dinner. Veidt takes him on as a third assistant. Then he catches MacKaye and Miss Philbin canoodling; he olympically wishes them well, but one evening, doing the trick where Fenton is placed in a trunk and MacKaye shoves swords into the trunk, something goes wrong, and Fenton is discovered in the trunk, stabbed to death. MacKaye is arrested. Veidt offers on..."

💡 Did You Know?

Bela Lugosi dubbed Conrad Veidt's voice for the Hungarian version.

📖 Synopsis

A middle-aged magician is in love with his beautiful young assistant, who is in love with his young protege', who turns out to be a bum and a thief.