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The Misadventures of Merlin Jones (1964)
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Writers (WGA):
Bill Walsh (screen story)Alfred Lewis Levitt (screenplay) (originally as Tom August) ...
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Release Date:
25 March 1964 (USA) morePlot:
Merlin Jones, a precocious and intelligent high-school boy, experiments with hypnosis and creates a mind-reading machine... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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"His way-out brain is on Cloud 9!" moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Tommy Kirk | ... | Merlin Jones |
 | Annette Funicello | ... | Jennifer (as Annette) |
| Leon Ames | ... | Judge Holmsby aka Lex Fortas |
| Stuart Erwin | ... | Police Captain Loomis |
| Alan Hewitt | ... | Professor Shattuck |
| Connie Gilchrist | ... | Mrs. Gossett, Holmby's Housekeeper |
| Dal McKennon | ... | Detective Hutchins |
| Norman Grabowski | ... | Norman, Midvale Football Player |
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| Michael Fox | ... | Kohner, Lie Detector Operator |
| Burt Mustin | ... | Bailiff |
 | Kelly Thordsen | ... | Muller |
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Revealing mistakes: Judge Holmsby obviously has no lenses in his glasses frames. moreFAQ
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Sleepy, over-the-hill "teen" Tommy Kirk isn't the kind of actor to carry a movie set on a mythical college campus wherein everyone is relentlessly manic and colorful. Kirk is supposed to be wacky and wonderful too, but he's the most normal of the bunch, bland and grounded. Still, there are some chuckles in this Walt Disney production about a nerdy college whiz, and love-interest Annette Funicello is lively doing the same love-means-a-wedding-ring thing she perfected in the concurrent "Beach Party" flicks. Much preferable to its immediate sequel, "The Monkey's Uncle", which--despite an opening featuring Annette on stage with The Beach Boys!--just didn't have the heart or spirit of this one. *** from ****