The Search for Bridey Murphy (1956 film)

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The Search for Bridey Murphy is a 1956 American drama film based on the popular book about a Colorado housewife whose apparent past-life memories under hypnosis sparked a nationwide reincarnation craze.

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instanceOf American drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
basedOn The Search for Bridey Murphy (book) ⓘ
cinematographyBy Lionel Lindon ⓘ
colorProcess black-and-white film ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Noel Langley ⓘ
distributedIn theatrical release ⓘ
distributor Paramount Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Frank Bracht ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
hasAdaptationSource non-fiction book about past-life regression ⓘ
hasTheme investigation of alleged past lives ⓘ
public fascination with the paranormal ⓘ
inspiredBy reincarnation craze in the United States in the 1950s ⓘ
musicBy Roy Webb ⓘ
narrativeFocus a Colorado housewife with apparent past-life memories ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer Bryan Foy ⓘ
productionCompany Paramount Pictures ⓘ
publicationDate 1956 ⓘ
releaseDecade 1950s ⓘ
runtime approximately 84 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Noel Langley ⓘ
setIn Colorado ⓘ
starring Barry Fitzgerald ⓘ
Eileen Crowe ⓘ
Ellen Corby ⓘ
Ian Wolfe ⓘ
Isobel Elsom ⓘ
Kenneth Tobey ⓘ
Louis Hayward ⓘ
Nancy Gates ⓘ
Richard Anderson ⓘ
Teresa Wright ⓘ
Virginia Gregg ⓘ
subjectMatter hypnosis ⓘ
reincarnation ⓘ
titleCharacter Bridey Murphy ⓘ

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