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The Misadventures of Merlin Jones (1964)

The Misadventures of Merlin Jones poster
Directed by
Robert Stevenson
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 28m
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 27 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A college student experiments with mindreading and hypnotism. His antics land him in trouble with a local judge. It is a 1960s Disney comedy.

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What happens

The Misadventures of Merlin Jones is a 1964 American science-fiction comedy film directed by Robert Stevenson and produced by Walt Disney Productions. The film stars Tommy Kirk as a college student who experiments with mindreading and hypnotism, leading to incidents with a local judge. Annette Funicello plays his girlfriend and sings the film's title song, with Leon Ames, Stuart Erwin, Alan Hewitt, Connie Gilchrist and Dallas McKennon in the film's supporting cast. The film was originally intended as a two-part production for the NBC television show Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color but received a theatrical release. It was followed by a sequel titled The Monkey's Uncle the following year. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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