Donovan's Brain

Sep 30, 1953

1h 23m

★ 6.1

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.

Genres

Science Fiction

Horror

Thriller

Production Companies

Dowling Productions

United Artists

Donovan's Brain Trailers

Cast

Dr. Patrick J. Cory

Lew Ayres

Janice Cory

Nancy Reagan

Dr. Frank Schratt

Gene Evans

Herbie Yocum

Steve Brodie

Donovan's Washington Advisor

Tom Powers

Chloe Donovan

Lisa Howard

Chief Tuttle

James Anderson

Nathaniel Fuller

Victor Sutherland

Tom Donovan

Michael Colgan

Mr. Webster

Peter Adams

Treasury Agent Brooke

Harlan Warde

Tailor

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