Donovan's Brain

Donovan's Brain (1953)

A dead man's brain in a hidden laboratory told him to KILL... KILL... KILL

  • Genre: Drama, Horror, Science Fiction
  • Release Date: 1953-09-30
  • User Rating: 6.2/10 from 35 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 23min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Dowling Productions
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Felix E. Feist
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Summary

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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  • Lew Ayres

    as Dr. Patrick J. Cory

  • Nancy Reagan

    as Janice Cory

  • Gene Evans

    as Dr. Frank Schratt

  • Steve Brodie

    as Herbie Yocum

  • Tom Powers

    as Donovan's Washington Advisor

  • Lisa Howard

    as Chloe Donovan

  • James Anderson

    as Chief Tuttle

  • Victor Sutherland

    as Nathaniel Fuller

  • Michael Colgan

    as Tom Donovan

  • Peter Adams

    as Mr. Webster

  • Harlan Warde

    as Treasury Agent Brooke

  • Shimen Ruskin

    as Tailor

  • John Hamilton

    as Mr. McNish (uncredited)

  • Don Brodie

    as Detective Who Follows Dr. Cory from Hotel (uncredited)

  • Stapleton Kent

    as W. J. Higgins (uncredited)

  • Frank McLure

    as Man leaving Fuller's Office (uncredited)

  • William Cottrell

    as Dr. Crane (uncredited)

  • Max Wagner

    as Station Agent (uncredited)

  • Sam Harris

    as

  • Paul Hoffmann

    as

  • Mark Lowell

    as

  • Walter Merrill

    as

  • Charles Sullivan

    as

  • Katherine Yorke

    as
Directing Felix E. Feist Director
Writing Curt Siodmak Novel
Writing Hugh Brooke Adaptation
Writing Felix E. Feist Screenplay
Production Tom Gries Producer
Sound Eddie Dunstedter Original Music Composer
Camera Joseph F. Biroc Director of Photography
Editing Herbert L. Strock Editor
Production Ben Chapman Production Supervisor
Sound Bill Naylor Sound Effects Editor
Directing Jack R. Berne Assistant Director
Directing Mary Chaffee Script Supervisor
Art Edward G. Boyle Set Decoration
Crew Harry Redmond Jr. Special Effects
Costume & Make-Up Terry Miles Makeup Artist
Costume & Make-Up Ruby Felker Hairstylist
Sound Earl Snyder Sound Mixer
Costume & Make-Up Chuck Keehne Wardrobe Master
Art Boris Leven Production Design
Sound Eddie Dunstedter Conductor
Production Herbert L. Strock Production Assistant

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