Desiring to become famous by performing a death-defying feat, a crippled conjuror falls prey to a scoundrel's plot against the son of King George II. The actual story took place in London in 1749. Advertisements were placed throughout London describing impossible feats of conjuring to be performed at the renowned Haymarket Theatre. A conjuror, with the aid of his beautiful assistant, disappearing inside a common wine bottle? Preposterous...