''I've Lived Before'' is a 1956 American

fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy literature and drama ...

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by

Richard Bartlett Richard H. Bartlett (8 November 1922 – 11 June 1994), also known as Dick Bartlett, was an American director and producer in film and TV. He also acted and wrote. He is best known for his low budget features in the 1950s and his television wo ...

and starring

Jock Mahoney Jacques Joseph O'Mahoney (February 7, 1919 – December 14, 1989), known professionally as Jock Mahoney, was an American actor and stuntman. He starred in two Action/Adventure television series, ''The Range Rider'' and '' Yancy Derringer''. He ...

, Leigh Snowden,

Ann Harding Ann Harding (born Dorothy Walton Gatley; August 7, 1902 – September 1, 1981) was an American theatre, motion picture, radio, and television actress. A regular player on Broadway and in regional theater in the 1920s, in the 1930s Harding was ...

John McIntire John Herrick McIntire (June 27, 1907 – January 30, 1991) was an American character actor who appeared in 65 theatrical films and many television series. McIntire is well known for having replaced Ward Bond, upon Bond's sudden death in Nov ...

, and

Raymond Bailey Raymond Thomas Bailey (May 6, 1904 – April 15, 1980) was an American actor, and comedian on the Broadway stage, films, and television. He is best known for his role as greedy banker Milburn Drysdale in the television series ''The Beverly Hillb ...

. The film was released by

Universal Pictures Universal Pictures (legally Universal City Studios LLC, also known as Universal Studios, or simply Universal; common metonym: Uni, and formerly named Universal Film Manufacturing Company and Universal-International Pictures Inc.) is an Americ ...

in September 1956.

Plot

Cast

as John Bolan / Lt. Peter Stevens * Leigh Snowden as Lois Gordon *

as Mrs. Jane Stone *

as Dr. Thomas Bryant *

as Joseph Hackett, Federal Airways *

Jerry Paris William Gerald Paris (July 25, 1925 – March 31, 1986) was an American actor and director best known for playing Jerry Helper, the dentist and next-door neighbor of Rob and Laura Petrie, on ''The Dick Van Dyke Show'', and for directing the majo ...

as Russell Smith, Copilot * Simon Scott as Robert Allen, Attorney *April Kent as Grace Hoydt, Stewardess *Vernon Rich as Dave Anderson Federal's Lawyer *Phil Harvey as Dr. Miller *

Brad Morrow Brad Morrow, (born Bradley Steven Mora; May 12, 1942 – November 7, 1997) also known as Bradley Mora, was a child actor who appeared on Broadway, in film and on television beginning at the age of two. Career Morrow was spotted in New Yor ...

as Johnny Bolan (12 years old) * Beatrice Gray as Spectator (uncredited) *

James Seay James Seay (September 9, 1914 – October 10, 1992) was an American character actor who often played minor supporting roles as government officials. Early years Seay demonstrated an interest in acting at an early age, as he and his mothe ...

as Fred Bolan (uncredited) *

Marjorie Stapp Marjorie Stapp (September 17, 1921 – June 2, 2014) was an American actress who was mainly in low-budget pictures. Biography Stapp began her film career when she signed a contract with the film studio 20th Century-Fox in the 1940s. Her firs ...

as Spectator (uncredited) *

Lorna Thayer Lorna Thayer (born Lorna Patricia Casey; August 16, 1919 – June 4, 2005) was an American character actress. Biography Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Thayer was the daughter of silent screen actress Louise Gibney. She appeared often in theatre ...

as Mrs. Fred Bolan (uncredited)

References

External links

* 1950s fantasy drama films American fantasy drama films 1956 films American black-and-white films Universal Pictures films 1956 drama films Films directed by Richard Bartlett Films scored by Herman Stein 1950s English-language films 1950s American films {{1950s-drama-film-stub