Hold That Hypnotist

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Hold That Hypnotist
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Directed by Austen Jewell
Written by Dan Pepper
Produced by Ben Schwalb
Starring Huntz Hall
Stanley Clements
David Gorcey
Jimmy Murphy
Queenie Smith
Jane Nigh
Cinematography Harry Neumann
Edited by George White
Music by Marlin Skiles
Production
company
Distributed byAllied Artists Pictures
Release date
  • March 10, 1957 (1957-3-10)
Running time
61 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Hold That Hypnotist is a 1957 American comedy film starring the comedy team of The Bowery Boys. [1] The film was released on March 10, 1957 by Allied Artists and is the forty-fourth film in the series. Former assistant director Austen Jewell was now given the chance to direct. The film is a topical satire of hypnotist Morey Bernstein's best-selling book The Search for Bridey Murphy and its film adaptation.

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Plot

The Bowery Boys' landlady Mrs. Kelly believes in a theory proposed by Dr. Simon Noble that through hypnosis, one can regress into a former life, or lives, from the past. Sach is hypnotized and recounts stories from several past lives. Evidently Sach once lived during the colonial era as Algy Winkle, an English tax collector in Charleston, South Carolina. Winkle runs afoul of the notorious Blackbeard the Pirate, and wins Blackbeard's map leading to buried treasure. The Bowery Boys use the map to locate the treasure, while Dr. Noble and his criminal confederates try to take it away from them.

Cast

The Bowery Boys

Remaining cast

Cast notes

Home media

Warner Archives released the film on made-to-order DVD in the United States as part of "The Bowery Boys, Volume Four" on August 26, 2014.

References

  1. Hayes, David (1984). The Films of the Bowery Boys. Secaucus, NJ: The Citadel Press. ISBN   978-0806509310.
Preceded by
Hot Shots
1956
'The Bowery Boys' movies
1946-1958
Succeeded by