Donovan's Brain

Donovan's Brain (1953)

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

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.

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  • Release Date: 1953-09-30
  • Runtime: 1h 23min
  • Director: Felix E. Feist

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    Cast

    • Lew Ayres

      Dr. Patrick J. Cory

    • Nancy Reagan

      Janice Cory

    • Gene Evans

      Dr. Frank Schratt

    • Steve Brodie

      Herbie Yocum

    • Tom Powers

      Donovan's Washington Advisor

    • Lisa Howard

      Chloe Donovan

    • James Anderson

      Chief Tuttle

    • Victor Sutherland

      Nathaniel Fuller

    • Michael Colgan

      Tom Donovan

    • Peter Adams

      Mr. Webster

    • Harlan Warde

      Treasury Agent Brooke

    • Shimen Ruskin

      Tailor

    • John Hamilton

      Mr. McNish (uncredited)

    • Don Brodie

      Detective Who Follows Dr. Cory from Hotel (uncredited)

    • Stapleton Kent

      W. J. Higgins (uncredited)

    • Frank McLure

      Man leaving Fuller's Office (uncredited)

    • William Cottrell

      Dr. Crane (uncredited)

    • Max Wagner

      Station Agent (uncredited)

    • Sam Harris

      Man leaving Fuller's Office (uncredited)

    • Paul Hoffmann

    • Mark Lowell

    • Walter Merrill

    • Charles Sullivan

    • Katherine Yorke

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