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.

Hold That Hypnotist
Directed byAusten Jewell
Written byDan Pepper
Produced byBen Schwalb
StarringHuntz Hall
Stanley Clements
David Gorcey
Jimmy Murphy
Queenie Smith
Jane Nigh
CinematographyHarry Neumann
Edited byGeorge White
Music byMarlin Skiles
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Distributed byAllied Artists Pictures
Release date
  • March 10, 1957 (1957-03-10)
Running time
61 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

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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

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The Bowery Boys

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Remaining cast

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Cast notes

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  • Last appearance of Mrs. Kelly.
  • In Sach's Algy Winkle flashback, set in a colonial pub, Duke appears as a bartender, Chuck and Myron are customers, and Cleo Daniels is a waitress.
  • In Looking for Danger two pictures later, Elliott would assume the role of cafe owner Mike Clancy, replacing Bernard Gorcey as sweet-shop owner Louie Dumbrowski.

Home media

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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

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