The Search for Bridey Murphy is a 1956 American drama film directed by Noel Langley and starring Teresa Wright, Louis Hayward and Nancy Gates, based on the best-selling book by Morey Bernstein. It is inspired by the story of American Virginia Tighe, who believed herself to formerly have been Bridey Murphy, a nineteenth century Irishwoman, in a case believed to be that of cryptomnesia. It was the only Hollywood film to directed by Langley, best known as a screenwriter.