Main Cast: Teresa Wright, Louis Hayward, Nancy Gates, Kenneth Tobey, Richard Anderson
Release Year: 1956
Country: US
Run Time: 84 minutes
Plot
The Search for Bridey Murphy was inspired by the purportedly true story of a Colorado housewife named Virginia Tighe, who while under hypnosis insisted that she'd lived a previous life as an 18th century Irish housemaid named Bridey Murphy. The hypnosis sessions were conducted under the supervision of Dr. Morey Bernstein, who later wrote a book on the subject. This hastily assembled filmization of Dr. Bernstein's book stars Teresa Wright as Ruth Simmons (Ms. Tighe's pseudonym) and Louis Hayward as Bernstein. Except for the "astral world" sequences, Search for Bridey Murphy adopts a semi-documentary approach, often to the point of tedium. Bridey Murphy herself is portrayed at various ages by Teresa Wright, Ruth Robinson, Denise Freeborn and Hallene Hill. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Tom McKee - Catlett; Janet Riley - Lois Morgan; Charles Boaz - Jerry Thomas; Lawrence Fletcher - Cranmer; Charles Maxwell - Father Bernard; Walter Kingsford - Professor; Eilene Janssen - Bridey at 15; Brad Jackson - Brian at 17; Hallene Hill - Bridey at 66; Ruth Robinson - Bridey at 4; James Bell - Hugh Lynn Cayce; Hugh Corcoran; Thomas P. Dillon; James Kirkwood - Brian at 68; Dick Ryan; Jeane Wood; Marion Gray
Credit
Arthur Lonergan - Art Director, Hal Pereira - Art Director, Edith Head - Costume Designer, Robert Vreeland - First Assistant Director, Noel Langley - Director, Floyd Knudtson - Editor, Irvin Talbot - Composer (Music Score), Irvin Talbot - Musical Direction/Supervision, Wally Westmore - Makeup, John F. Warren - Cinematographer, Pat Duggan - Producer, Sam Comer - Set Designer, Grace Gregory - Set Designer, John P. Fulton - Special Effects, Charles Grenzbach - Sound/Sound Designer, Noel Langley - Screenwriter, Morey Bernstein - Book Author
