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The Search for Bridey Murphy (1956)

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Film details

Featuring

Teresa Wright Louis Hayward Nancy Gates
Country

USA
Year

1956
Genre

Drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

Deals with hypnosis and reincarnation, and tells the story of a woman who regressed under the spell of a hypnotist, first to her childhood, and then into time and space in the early 19th century in Ireland, and another personification, one Bridey Murphy, who is supposed to have lived from 1798 to 1864. Based on a book by Morey Bernstein.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Ruth Simmons
    
    Teresa Wright
  - Morey Bernstein
    
    Louis Hayward
  - Hazel Bernstein
    
    Nancy Gates
  - Rex Simmons
    
    Kenneth Tobey
  - Dr. Deering
    
    Richard Anderson
  - Bridey, 15-17 years
    
    Eilene Janssen
  - Brian, 17 years
    
    Bradford Jackson
  - Brian, 68 years
    
    James Kirkwood
  - Bridey, 66 years
    
    Hallene Hill
  - cast member
    
    Dick Ryan
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    Noel Langley
  - Production Company
    
    Paramount Pictures
  - Producer
    
    Pat Duggan
  - Script
    
    Noel Langley
  - Original book
    
    Morey Bernstein
  - Photography
    
    John F. Warren
  - Special Effects
    
    John P. Fulton
  - Editor
    
    Floyd Knudtson
  - Art Director
    
    Hal Pereira
  - Art Director
    
    Arthur Lonergan
  - Music
    
    Irvin Talbot
  - Sound
    
    Paul Franz
  - Sound
    
    Charles Grenzbach

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