The Misadventures of Merlin Jones 1964
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- Type
- Film
- Year
- 1964
- Release date
- Mar 25, 1964
- Genres
- Science Fiction, Family, Comedy
- Updated
At a glance
- Rating
- ★ TMDB users: 6.5/10
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Topic: Film "The Misadventures of Merlin Jones" (1964).
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Title: The Misadventures of Merlin Jones
Year: 1964
Release Date (US): 03/25/1964
Genres: Science Fiction, Family, Comedy (also Kids & Family/Comedy)
Director: Robert Stevenson
Producer: Walt Disney Productions
Runtime: 1h 31m (TMDB) or 1h 33m (Rotten Tomatoes)
Cast: Tommy Kirk, Annette Funicello, Leon Ames, Stuart Erwin
Plot:
Merlin Jones is a precocious and intelligent high-school boy (TMDB/TMDB Cast) / college student (Wikipedia) / resident genius at Midvale College (IMDb).
He experiments with hypnosis and creates a mind-reading machine (TMDB/TMDB Cast).
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“A precocious high-school boy invents a mind-reading machine and experiments with hypnosis, landing in trouble.”
- Features a story about a precocious and intelligent high-school boy experimenting with hypnosis
- Includes sci-fi elements like a mind-reading machine
- Provides a runtime of 1 hour and 31 minutes
- The experiments land the main character in deep trouble with the law
Watch it if you want to see a sci-fi comedy about a high-school boy's mind-reading and hypnosis experiments.
The tone encompasses science fiction, family, and comedy genres over a runtime of 1 hour and 31 minutes.
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The film has a user score and is categorized under science fiction, family, and comedy.
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The runtime is 1 hour and 31 minutes.
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The Misadventures of Merlin Jones is a feature film with a runtime of 1 hour and 31 minutes rather than an episodic series.
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