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Richard Attenborough's Magic, starring young Anthony Hopkins! He plays a down-on-his-luck magician who takes up ventriloquism to spice up his act. Soon it seems the dummy is alive! It's a psychological horror/thriller with a good performance from Hopkins, and is actually surprisingly good, despite the kind of hackneyed premise. The trailer played just one time on television, because so many parents called in complaining that it gave their kids nightmares. Another "living ventriloquist dummy" movie that's worth checking out is The Great Gabbo (1929). It's part-musical, with the dummy singing songs periodically, or the cabaret (where the film's set) putting on an elaborate dance routine. It's a little slow, and sometimes the German protagonist is hard to understand or he just speaks in German, but it's pretty cool and it has some interesting moments and visuals.
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