The Search for Bridey Murphy (1956)

Directed by

Noel Langley

Genre

drama

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 24m

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman in 1950s America undergoes hypnosis and begins to recall details of a past life as a 19th century Irishwoman. The film follows the investigation into her claims and the questions they raise about memory and identity.

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What happens

The Search for Bridey Murphy is a 1956 American drama film written and directed by Noel Langley and starring Teresa Wright, Louis Hayward, and Nancy Gates, based on the best-selling book by Morey Bernstein. It is inspired by the story of American woman Virginia Tighe, who believed herself to formerly have been Bridey Murphy, a nineteenth-century Irishwoman, in what was believed to be a case of cryptomnesia. It was the only Hollywood film to be directed by Langley, who was best known as a screenwriter. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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