Hold That Hypnotist
- March 10, 1957 (1957-03-10)
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.
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
- Huntz Hall as Horace Debussy "Sach" Jones
- Stanley Clements as Stanislaus "Duke" Coveleskie
- David Gorcey as Chuck (credited as David Condon)
- Jimmy Murphy as Myron
Remaining cast
- Queenie Smith as Mrs. Kate Kelly
- Jane Nigh as Cleo Daniels
- Robert Foulk as Dr. Simon Noble
- James Flavin as Jake Morgan
- Murray Alper as Gail
- Mel Welles as Blackbeard
- Dick Elliott as Hotel Clerk
- Mary Treen as Chambermaid
Cast notes
- 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
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
- ^ Hayes, David (1984). The Films of the Bowery Boys. Secaucus, NJ: The Citadel Press. ISBN 978-0806509310.
External links
- Hold That Hypnotist at IMDb
- Hold That Hypnotist at AllMovie
- Hold That Hypnotist at the TCM Movie Database
- Hold That Hypnotist at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
Preceded by Hot Shots 1956 | 'The Bowery Boys' movies 1946-1958 | Succeeded by Spook Chasers 1957 |
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- William Benedict
- Stanley Clements
- Gabriel Dell
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- Jimmy Murphy
- Gil Stratton, Jr.
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- Jungle Gents
- Bowery to Bagdad
- High Society
- Spy Chasers
- Jail Busters
- Dig That Uranium
- Crashing Las Vegas
- Fighting Trouble
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- Looking for Danger
- Up in Smoke
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