Orson Welles, Nancy Guild, Akim Tamiroff, Raymond Burr. Based on the novel "Joseph Balsamo" by Alexander Dumas. Originally released as a motion picture in 1949.
Summary:
After his mother is executed for supposedly practicing "witchcraft," young Joseph Balsamo is raised by gypsies. Under their tutelage, he perfects his skills performing magic tricks and selling snake oil in the gypsy's traveling caravan show. Then Joseph chooses a vendetta for power over the man who ordered his mother's death.
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