The Search for Bridey Murphy
The Search for Bridey Murphy

The Search for Bridey Murphy

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1956
1h 24m
6.3(5 votes)
Drama

Overview

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.

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Cast & Crew

41 members
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Teresa Wright

Ruth Simmons

Teresa Wright
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Louis Hayward

Morey Bernstein

Louis Hayward
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Nancy Gates

Hazel Bernstein

Nancy Gates
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Kenneth Tobey

Rex Simmons

Kenneth Tobey
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Richard Anderson

Dr. Deering

Richard Anderson
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Tom McKee

Catlett

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Janet Riley

Lois Morgan

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Charles Boaz

Jerry Thomas

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Lawrence Fletcher

Cranmer

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Charles Maxwell

Father Bernard

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Walter Kingsford

Professor

Walter Kingsford
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Noel Leslie

Edgar Cayce

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William Joseph Barker

Self

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Eilene Janssen

Bridey Murphy Age 15

Eilene Janssen
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Bradford Jackson

Brian MacCarthy Age 17

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James Kirkwood

Brian MacCarthy Age 68

James Kirkwood
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Hallene Hill

Bridey Murphy Age 66

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Denise Freeborn

Bridey Murphy Age 8

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Ruthie Robinson

Bridey Murphy Age 4

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James Bell

Hugh Lynn Cayce

James Bell
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Jan Bradley

Guest (Uncredited)

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Alexander Campbell

Dr. May (Uncredited)

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Hugh Corcoran

Duncan Murphy Jr. Age 10

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Anne Cornwall

Mother (Uncredited)

Anne Cornwall
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Tom Dillon

John MacCarthy (Uncredited)

Tom Dillon
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Flora Jean Engstrom

Hysterical Woman (Uncredited)

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Franklyn Farnum

Druggist (Uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum
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Charles Fogel

Druggist (Uncredited)

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Marion Gray

Mrs. Fuller (Uncredited)

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David Halper

Butch (Uncredited)

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Stuart Holmes

Guest (Uncredited)

Stuart Holmes
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Sharon Manns

Crippled Girl (Uncredited)

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Ken Miller

Duncan Murphy Jr. Age 17-19

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Tom Nolan

Crippled Boy (Uncredited)

Tom Nolan
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James O'Rear

Reverend Conway (Uncredited)

James O'Rear
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Mike Riva

Druggist (Uncredited)

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Earle Ross

Morey Bernstein's Father (Uncredited)

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Dick Ryan

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

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Josephine Whittell

Mrs. Shayne (Uncredited)

Josephine Whittell
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Wendy Winkelman

Rex's Daughter (Uncredited)

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Jeane Wood

Kathleen Murphy (Uncredited)

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