The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962)

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1h 22m
Running Time

February 25, 1962
Release Date

The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962)

4
/ 10
1 User Ratings
1h 22m
Running Time

February 25, 1962
Release Date

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American International Pictures
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Plot.

Dr. Bill Cortner and his fiancée, Jan Compton, are driving to his lab when they get into a horrible car accident. Compton is decapitated. But Cortner is not fazed by this seemingly insurmountable hurdle. His expertise is in transplants, and he is excited to perform the first head transplant. Keeping Compton's head alive in his lab, Cortner plans the groundbreaking yet unorthodox surgery. First, however, he needs a body.

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Cast & Crew.

Bruce Brighton

Bruce Brighton

Dr. Cortner

Arny Freeman

Arny Freeman

Photographer

Fred Martin

Fred Martin

Medical Assistant

Lola Mason

Lola Mason

Donna Williams

Bruce Kerr

Bruce Kerr

Beauty Contest M.C.

Audrey Devereal

Audrey Devereal

Jeannie Reynolds

Eddie Carmel

Eddie Carmel

Monster

Sammy Petrillo

Sammy Petrillo

Art

Rex Carlton

Rex Carlton

Producer / Story

George Fiala

George Fiala

Makeup Artist

Joseph Green

Joseph Green

Director / Story / Screenplay

Marc Anderson

Marc Anderson

Editor

Paul Fanning

Paul Fanning

Art Direction

Stephen Hajnal

Stephen Hajnal

Director of Photography

Mort Landberg

Mort Landberg

Associate Producer

Jack Priestley

Jack Priestley

Camera Operator

Byron Baer

Byron Baer

Special Effects

Eva Blair

Eva Blair

Script Supervisor

Emil Kolisch

Emil Kolisch

Sound

John Haupt Jr.

John Haupt Jr.

Grip

Tony LaMarca

Tony LaMarca

Assistant Director

Walter Pluff Jr.

Walter Pluff Jr.

Property Master

Alfred H. Lessner

Alfred H. Lessner

Production Manager

Vincent Delaney

Vincent Delaney

Gaffer

Robert E. Lessner

Robert E. Lessner

Sound

Leonard Anderson

Leonard Anderson

Supervising Editor

Linda Brent

Linda Brent

Producer's Assistant

Jim Geallis

Jim Geallis

Producer's Assistant

Details.

Release Date
February 25, 1962

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 22m

Content Rating
NR

Budget
$62,000

Genres

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This Movie Is About.

transplantation
experiment
mutant
fiancé
surgeon
strip club
stripper
car crash
laboratory
disembodied head
mad doctor
decapitation
severed head
car accident
transplant
surgery

Wiki.

The Brain That Wouldn't Die (also known as The Head That Wouldn't Die or The Brain That Couldn't Die) is a 1962 American science fiction horror film directed by Joseph Green and written by Green and Rex Carlton. The film was completed in 1959 under the working title The Black Door but was not theatrically released until May 3, 1962, under its new title as a double feature with Invasion of the Star Creatures.

The film focuses upon a mad doctor who develops a means of keeping human body parts alive. He keeps his fiancée's severed head alive for days, along with a lumbering, malformed brute (one of his earlier failed experiments) imprisoned in a closet.

The specific plot device of a mad doctor who discovers a way to keep a human head alive had been used in fiction earlier (such as Professor Dowell's Head from 1925), as well as other variants on this theme. It shares several key plot devices with the West German horror film The Head (1959).

The film was in the public domain in the United States from the day of its release due to a flawed copyright notice.

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