Donovan's Brain (1953)
Donovan's Brain (1953)
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
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.
Where to Watch.
Subs
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Cast & Crew.
Lew Ayres
Dr. Patrick J. Cory
Nancy Reagan
Janice Cory
Gene Evans
Dr. Frank Schratt
Steve Brodie
Herbie Yocum
Tom Powers
Donovan's Washington Advisor
Lisa Howard
Chloe Donovan
James Anderson
Chief Tuttle
Victor Sutherland
Nathaniel Fuller
Michael Colgan
Tom Donovan
Peter Adams
Mr. Webster
Harlan Warde
Treasury Agent Brooke
Shimen Ruskin
Tailor
John Hamilton
Mr. McNish (uncredited)
Don Brodie
Detective Who Follows Dr. Cory from Hotel (uncredited)
Stapleton Kent
W. J. Higgins (uncredited)
Frank McLure
Man leaving Fuller's Office (uncredited)
William Cottrell
Dr. Crane (uncredited)
Max Wagner
Station Agent (uncredited)
Sam Harris
Man leaving Fuller's Office (uncredited)
Curt Siodmak
Novel
Felix E. Feist
Director / Screenplay
Hugh Brooke
Adaptation
Herbert L. Strock
Editor / Production Assistant
Tom Gries
Producer
Eddie Dunstedter
Original Music Composer / Conductor
Joseph F. Biroc
Director of Photography
Ruby Felker
Hairstylist
Jack R. Berne
Assistant Director
Chuck Keehne
Wardrobe Master
Boris Leven
Production Design
Edward G. Boyle
Set Decoration
Earl Snyder
Sound Mixer
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 30, 1953
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 23m
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
mad doctor
brain surgery
Wiki.
Donovan's Brain is an independently made 1953 American black-and-white science fiction horror film, produced by Tom Gries for Allan Dowling Productions, directed by Felix Feist, that stars Lew Ayres, Gene Evans, Nancy Davis and Steve Brodie. The film was distributed by United Artists and is based on the 1942 horror novel Donovan's Brain by Curt Siodmak.
The story involves an attempt to keep alive the brain of millionaire megalomaniac W.H. Donovan after an otherwise fatal plane crash. The brain has other ideas and begins to possess people.
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