Donovan's Brain
movie
A dead man's brain in a hidden laboratory told him to KILL... KILL... KILL
Released September 30, 1953
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.
Cast
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
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Michael Colgan
as
Tom Donovan
Peter Adams
as
Mr. Webster
Harlan Warde
as
Treasury Agent Brooke
Shimen Ruskin
as
Tailor
Crew
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Hugh Brooke
as
Adaptation
Felix E. Feist
as
Director
Tom Gries
as
Producer
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Herbert L. Strock
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Editor
Curt Siodmak
as
Novel
Joseph F. Biroc
as
Director of Photography
Felix E. Feist
as
Screenplay
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Eddie Dunstedter
as
Original Music Composer
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Jack R. Berne
as
Assistant Director
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Eddie Dunstedter
as
Conductor
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Earl Snyder
as
Sound Mixer
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Mary Chaffee
as
Script Supervisor