Donovan's Brain
A dead man's brain in a hidden laboratory told him to KILL... KILL... KILL
- 1953
- 1h 23m
- Science Fiction
- Horror
- Thriller
Rating: 6.2 out of 10TMDB(42 votes)
Overview
A scientist takes the brain of dead man and revives it via electrodes as it lays suspended in a tank of liquid. Soon, the brain grows to possess enormous psychic powers and inflicts its personality upon the doctor who saved it, creating a "Jekyll and Hyde" paradigm.
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Joseph F. Biroc
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Curt SiodmakNovel
- Felix E. FeistScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 30, 1953
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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Cast
Lew AyresDr. Patrick J. Cory
Nancy ReaganJanice Cory
Gene EvansDr. Frank Schratt
Steve BrodieHerbie Yocum
Tom PowersDonovan's Washington Advisor
Lisa HowardChloe Donovan
James AndersonChief Tuttle
Victor SutherlandNathaniel Fuller
Michael ColganTom Donovan
Peter AdamsMr. Webster- Harlan WardeTreasury Agent Brooke
Shimen RuskinTailor
John HamiltonMr. McNish (uncredited)
Don BrodieDetective Who Follows Dr. Cory from Hotel (uncredited)- Stapleton KentW. J. Higgins (uncredited)
Frank McLureMan leaving Fuller's Office (uncredited)- William CottrellDr. Crane (uncredited)
Max WagnerStation Agent (uncredited)- Sam HarrisMan leaving Fuller's Office (uncredited)
- Paul Hoffmann
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