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Donovan's Brain

61 %|Sep 30, 1953|Science Fiction, Horror, Thriller

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.

Featured Crew

Hugh Brooke
Adaptation
Felix E. Feist
Director
Tom Gries
Producer
Herbert L. Strock
Editor
Curt Siodmak
Novel
Joseph F. Biroc
Director of Photography
Felix E. Feist
Screenplay
Eddie Dunstedter
Original Music Composer

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Cast

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Lew Ayres
Dr. Patrick J. Cory
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Nancy Reagan
Janice Cory
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Gene Evans
Dr. Frank Schratt
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Steve Brodie
Herbie Yocum
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Tom Powers
Donovan's Washington Advisor
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Lisa Howard
Chloe Donovan
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James Anderson
Chief Tuttle
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Victor Sutherland
Nathaniel Fuller
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Michael Colgan
Tom Donovan
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Peter Adams
Mr. Webster
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Harlan Warde
Treasury Agent Brooke
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John Hamilton
Mr. McNish (uncredited)
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Don Brodie
Detective Who Follows Dr. Cory from Hotel (uncredited)
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Stapleton Kent
W. J. Higgins (uncredited)
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Frank McLure
Man leaving Fuller's Office (uncredited)
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William Cottrell
Dr. Crane (uncredited)
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Max Wagner
Station Agent (uncredited)
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Sam Harris
Man leaving Fuller's Office (uncredited)