The Misadventures of Merlin Jones | |
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Directed by | Robert Stevenson |
Screenplay by | |
Story by | Bill Walsh |
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Starring | |
Cinematography | Edward Colman |
Edited by | Cotton Warburton |
Music by | Buddy Baker |
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Distributed by | Buena Vista Distribution |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $4,000,000 (US/ Canada)[2] |
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,[3] 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.[4] It was followed by a sequel titled The Monkey's Uncle the following year.[5]