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Donovan's Brain

Science Fiction | Horror

6.1

Release Date

September 30, 1953

Duration

83 min

Status

Released

Language

en

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.

Casts

Lew Ayres

Dr. Patrick J. Cory

Lew Ayres

Nancy Reagan

Janice Cory

Nancy Reagan

Gene Evans

Dr. Frank Schratt

Gene Evans

Steve Brodie

Herbie Yocum

Steve Brodie

Tom Powers

Donovan's Washington Advisor

Tom Powers

Lisa Howard

Chloe Donovan

Lisa Howard

James Anderson

Chief Tuttle

James Anderson

Victor Sutherland

Nathaniel Fuller

Victor Sutherland

Michael Colgan

Tom Donovan

Michael Colgan

Peter Adams

Mr. Webster

Peter Adams

Harlan Warde

Treasury Agent Brooke

Harlan Warde

Shimen Ruskin

Tailor

Shimen Ruskin

John Hamilton

Mr. McNish (uncredited)

John Hamilton

Don Brodie

Detective Who Follows Dr. Cory from Hotel (uncredited)

Don Brodie

Stapleton Kent

W. J. Higgins (uncredited)

Stapleton Kent

Frank McLure

Man leaving Fuller's Office (uncredited)

Frank McLure

William Cottrell

Dr. Crane (uncredited)

William Cottrell

Max Wagner

Station Agent (uncredited)

Max Wagner

Sam Harris

Man leaving Fuller's Office (uncredited)

Sam Harris

Paul Hoffmann

Paul Hoffmann

Mark Lowell

Mark Lowell

Walter Merrill

Walter Merrill

Charles Sullivan

Charles Sullivan

Katherine Yorke

Katherine Yorke

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