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Morey Bernstein (book)
Noel Langley (writer)
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Release Date:
1 October 1956 (USA) more
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Plot:
After being shown what hypnotism can do, a Doctor sets out to study it in depth. When experimenting on his friend's wife... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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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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Runtime:
84 min
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1.85 : 1 more

Fun Stuff

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"Bridey" is pronounced "Briddy", short for "Bridget". more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in The She-Creature (1956) more

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fascinating, but..., 18 January 2004
Author: MisterTed from ny

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.

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