Donovan's Brain (1953)

ALL 09/30/1953 (en) Science Fiction, Horror, Thriller 83 Min
  • Release
    09/30/1953
  • Production
    Dowling Productions, United Artists
  • Rotten tomato
    61%
  • Original title
    Donovan's Brain
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

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

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.

  1. Felix E. Feist

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Tom Gries

    Producer



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  1. Lew Ayres

    Dr. Patrick J. Cory

  2. Nancy Reagan

    Janice Cory

  3. Gene Evans

    Dr. Frank Schratt

  4. Steve Brodie

    Herbie Yocum

  5. Tom Powers

    Donovan's Washington Advisor

  6. Lisa Howard

    Chloe Donovan

  7. James Anderson

    Chief Tuttle

  8. Victor Sutherland

    Nathaniel Fuller

  9. Michael Colgan

    Tom Donovan

  10. Peter Adams

    Mr. Webster

  11. Harlan Warde

    Treasury Agent Brooke

  12. Shimen Ruskin

    Tailor

  13. John Hamilton

    Mr. McNish (uncredited)

  14. Don Brodie

    Detective Who Follows Dr. Cory from Hotel (uncredited)

  15. Stapleton Kent

    W. J. Higgins (uncredited)

  16. Frank McLure

    Man leaving Fuller's Office (uncredited)

  17. William Cottrell

    Dr. Crane (uncredited)

  18. Max Wagner

    Station Agent (uncredited)

  19. Sam Harris

    Man leaving Fuller's Office (uncredited)

  20. Paul Hoffmann

  21. Mark Lowell

  22. Walter Merrill

  23. Charles Sullivan

  24. Katherine Yorke

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 24 , Crews : 21

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Donovan's Brain (1953) 83 Min

ALL 09/30/1953 (en)
Science Fiction, Horror, Thriller
  • Release 09/30/1953
  • Production
    Dowling Productions, United Artists
  • Original title Donovan's Brain
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

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

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.

  1. Felix E. Feist

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Herbert L. Strock

    Editor

  4. Tom Gries

    Producer