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Feb 3, 2004 · Given today's technology, much of the action of The Misadventures of Merlin Jones will seem antique to today's viewers, but fun is fun regardless of the time frame. The highlight of the film occurs when Merlin Jones (Kirk) develops the ability to hear the thoughts of other people, including a prominent judge with a secret life as a mystery writer.
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Dec 31, 2022 · 1964 • Approved • 1h 31m • 22 January 1964 (USA)Stars: Tommy Kirk • Annette Funicello • Leon Ames • Stuart ErwinTAGLINES: MERLIN... the kid with the electron...
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Merlin Jones, our titular "scrambled egghead", falls afoul (or is it a-fowl) of the football quarterback, although he appears to be a scientist of some sort, dealing with a chimp for the biology lab, among other misadventures. Fun for what it is, light-hearted live-action Disney comical hijinks, which almost feels like it…
The Misadventures of Merlin Jones is a 1964 Walt Disney production starring Tommy Kirk and Annette Funicello. Kirk plays a college student who experiments with mind-reading and hypnotism, leading to run-ins with a local judge. Funicello plays his girlfriend (and sings the film's title song written by brothers Robert and Richard Sherman).
Misadventures of Merlin Jones, The (film) Merlin Jones is the brightest young student at a small midwestern college. Possessing an extremely high IQ, he is head and shoulders above his fellow classmates, particularly in the field of scientific endeavor.
After inventing a special mind-reading helmet, college student Merlin Jones (Tommy Kirk) learns of a crime a local judge (Leon Ames) is secretly plott…
Tommy Kirk and Annette Funicello star as the sweethearts of Midvale College in this wacky, laugh-filled campus romp. Kirk is Merlin Jones, the gifted but slightly oddball student who, accompanied by his girlfriend Jennifer (Funicello), sets out on a series of comic misadventures. From trying to solve what appears to be a horrendous burglary and murder plot to having a chimp-napping charge ...
