Donovan's Brain (1953)
A dead man's brain in a hidden laboratory told him to KILL... KILL... KILL
84 min
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.
- Release date
- September 30, 1953
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Lew Ayres as Dr. Patrick J. Cory
- Gene Evans as Dr. Frank Schratt
- Nancy Reagan as Janice Cory
- 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
Crew
- Felix E. Feist · Director
- Curt Siodmak · Writer
- Hugh Brooke · Writer
- Felix E. Feist · Writer
- Tom Gries · Producer
- Eddie Dunstedter · Composer
- Joseph F. Biroc · Cinematographer
- Herbert L. Strock · Editor
- Boris Leven · Production designer