Hold That Hypnotist

Hold That Hypnotist is a 1957 film starring the comedy team of The Bowery Boys. The film was released on March 10, 1957 by Allied Artists and is the forty-fourth film in the series.

Plot

The Bowery Boys' landlady Mrs. Kelly believes in a theory proposed by Dr. Simon Noble. The theory is that through hypnosis, one can regress into a former life that they supposedly lived centuries ago. The boys believe that Noble is a phony until Sach manages to get himself hypnotized. Evidently Sach once lived as Algy Winkle, an English tax collector in Charleston, South Carolina. Winklemanaged to receive a map from Captain Blackbeard leading to buried treasure.

Cast

The Bowery Boys

• Huntz Hall as Horace Debussy 'Sach' Jones/Algy Winkle
• Stanley Clements as Stanislaus 'Duke' Covelske/Bartender
• David Gorcey as Charles 'Chuck' Anderson/Customer (Credited as David Condon)
• Jimmy Murphy as Myron/Customer

Remaining cast

• Queenie Smith as Mrs. Kate Kelly
• Jane Nigh as Cleo Daniels/Wench
• Robert Foulk as Dr. Simon Noble
• James Flavin as Jake Morgan
• Murray Alper as Gail
• Dick Elliott as Clerk
• Mel Welles as Blackbeard

Cast notes

• Last appearance of Mrs. Kelly.
• In Sach's Algy Winkle flashback, Duke appears as a bartender at a pub, while Chuck and Myron are customers at the pub, and Cleo Daniels as a waitress.

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

External links

• Hold That Hypnotist at the Internet Movie Database