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The Search for Bridey Murphy (1956)
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1 October 1956 (USA)
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After being shown what hypnotism can do, a Doctor sets out to study it in depth. When experimenting on his friend's wife...
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Teresa Wright | ... | Ruth Simmons |
 | Louis Hayward | ... | Morey Bernstein |
| Nancy Gates | ... | Hazel Bernstein |
| Kenneth Tobey | ... | Rex Simmons |
 | Richard Anderson | ... | Dr. Deering |
| Tom McKee | ... | Catlett |
| Janet Riley | ... | Lois Morgan |
| Charles Boaz | ... | Jerry Thomas |
| Lawrence Fletcher | ... | Cranmer |
| Charles Maxwell | ... | Father Bernard |
| Walter Kingsford | ... | Professor |
| Noel Leslie | ... | Edgar Cayce |
| William J. Barker | ... | Himself |
| Eilene Janssen | ... | Bridey Murphy at Age 15 |
| Bradford Jackson | ... | Brian MacCarthy at Age 17 |
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84 min
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"Bridey" is pronounced "Briddy", short for "Bridget".
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Referenced in The She-Creature (1956)
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Today this would be an episode of one of those cable docs on the paranormal. It is introduced, Twilight Zone-style, by the actor playing the hypnotist, Morey Bernstein. He steps into the first scene and the story begins.
Ruth Simmons is a friend of Morey and his wife whom Morey hypnotizes one night at a party. He is a self-taught hypnotist, having witnessed a demonstration at another party years earlier. Ruth reveals (after much prodding) that she is a reincarnation of Bridey Murphy, a 19th century Irishwoman. Very few, almost none, of the "facts" she reveals can be verified, a fact which the movie conveniently overlooks. The whole scenario was subsequently debunked by articles in major newspapers and magazines and by various authorities in the scientific establishment.
The movie, however, is an enjoyable fantasy, just don't take it as literal truth unless you are a follower of Ramtha or believe in Shirley MacLaine as some sort of spiritual pioneer.