---
title: 'The Misadventures of Merlin Jones (1964)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Robert Stevenson'
released: '1964-01-22'
runtime_minutes: 88
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-misadventures-of-merlin-jones-1964'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058355/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Misadventures of Merlin Jones (1964)

1964 · 88 min · Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

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, with Leon Ames, Stuart Erwin, Alan Hewitt, Connie Gilchrist and Dallas McKennon in the film's supporting cast.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Robert Stevenson](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-stevenson)
- **Screenplay:** [Helen Levitt](https://cinepixo.com/people/helen-levitt), [Alfred Lewis Levitt](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-lewis-levitt)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Buddy Baker](https://cinepixo.com/people/buddy-baker), [Sherman Brothers](https://cinepixo.com/people/sherman-brothers)
- **Producer:** [Walt Disney](https://cinepixo.com/people/walt-disney), [Ron W. Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/ron-w-miller)
- **Director of Photography:** [Edward Colman](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-colman)
- **Editor:** [Cotton Warburton](https://cinepixo.com/people/cotton-warburton)

## Cast

- [Norm Grabowski](https://cinepixo.com/people/norm-grabowski) as Norman
- [Dallas McKennon](https://cinepixo.com/people/dallas-mckennon) as Detective Hutchins
- [Michael Fox](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-fox) as Kohner
- [Burt Mustin](https://cinepixo.com/people/burt-mustin) as Bailiff
- [Stuart Erwin](https://cinepixo.com/people/stuart-erwin) as Police Captain Loomis
- [Annette Funicello](https://cinepixo.com/people/annette-funicello) as Jennifer
- [Leon Ames](https://cinepixo.com/people/leon-ames) as Judge Holmsby
- [Alan Hewitt](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-hewitt) as Professor Shattuck
- [Tommy Kirk](https://cinepixo.com/people/tommy-kirk) as Merlin Jones
- [Connie Gilchrist](https://cinepixo.com/people/connie-gilchrist) as Mrs. Gossett

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