The Search for Bridey Murphy

The Search for Bridey Murphy

84 mins | Drama | Oct. 1, 1956

After being shown what hypnotism can do, a doctor starts to study it in depth. When he experiments on a friend's wife, she regresses into an early life, that of Bridey Murphy.

The Search for Bridey Murphy

84 mins | Drama | Oct. 1, 1956

The Search for Bridey Murphy
After being shown what hypnotism can do, a doctor starts to study it in depth. When he experiments on a friend's wife, she regresses into an early life, that of Bridey Murphy.
IMDb rating 6.0
Producers Paramount
Original title The Search for Bridey Murphy
Directors Robert Vreeland, Noel Langley
Writers Morey Bernstein, Noel Langley

Cast

Teresa Wright

as Ruth Simmons

Louis Hayward

as Morey Bernstein

Nancy Gates

as Hazel Bernstein

Kenneth Tobey

as Rex Simmons

Richard Anderson

as Dr. Deering

Tom McKee

as Catlett

Janet Riley

as Lois Morgan

Charles Boaz

as Jerry Thomas

Lawrence Fletcher

as Cranmer

Charles Maxwell

as Father Bernard

Walter Kingsford

as Professor

Noel Leslie

as Edgar Cayce

Eilene Janssen

as Bridey Murphy Age 15

Bradford Jackson

as Brian MacCarthy Age 17

James Kirkwood

as Brian MacCarthy Age 68

Hallene Hill

as Bridey Murphy Age 66

Denise Freeborn

as Bridey Murphy Age 8

Ruthie Robinson

as Bridey Murphy Age 4

James Bell

as Hugh Lynn Cayce

Jan Bradley

as Guest (Uncredited)

Alexander Campbell

as Dr. May (Uncredited)

Hugh Corcoran

as Duncan Murphy Jr. Age 10

Anne Cornwall

as Mother (Uncredited)

Tom Dillon

as John MacCarthy (Uncredited)

Flora Jean Engstrom

as Hysterical Woman (Uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

as Druggist (Uncredited)

Charles Fogel

as Druggist (Uncredited)

Marion Gray

as Mrs. Fuller (Uncredited)

David Halper

as Butch (Uncredited)

Stuart Holmes

as Guest (Uncredited)

Sharon Manns

as Crippled Girl (Uncredited)

Ken Miller

as Duncan Murphy Jr. Age 17-19

Tom Nolan

as Crippled Boy (Uncredited)

James O'Rear

as Reverend Conway (Uncredited)

Mike Riva

as Druggist (Uncredited)

Earle Ross

as Morey Bernstein's Father (Uncredited)

Dick Ryan

as Duncan Murphy Sr. / Duncan Murphy Jr. at Age 70 (Uncredited)

Josephine Whittell

as Mrs. Shayne (Uncredited)

Wendy Winkelman

as Rex's Daughter (Uncredited)

Jeane Wood

as Kathleen Murphy (Uncredited)