Donovan's Brain

Donovan's Brain

1953/09/30 • Released • English

Science Fiction
Horror
Thriller
6.1
1h 23m

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.

Director : Felix E. Feist

Casts
Lew Ayres

Lew Ayres

Dr. Patrick J. Cory

Nancy Reagan

Nancy Reagan

Janice Cory

Gene Evans

Gene Evans

Dr. Frank Schratt

Steve Brodie

Steve Brodie

Herbie Yocum

Tom Powers

Tom Powers

Donovan's Washington Advisor

Lisa Howard

Lisa Howard

Chloe Donovan

James Anderson

James Anderson

Chief Tuttle

Victor Sutherland

Victor Sutherland

Nathaniel Fuller

Michael Colgan

Tom Donovan

Peter Adams

Peter Adams

Mr. Webster

Harlan Warde

Harlan Warde

Treasury Agent Brooke

Shimen Ruskin

Shimen Ruskin

Tailor

John Hamilton

John Hamilton

Mr. McNish (uncredited)

Don Brodie

Don Brodie

Detective Who Follows Dr. Cory from Hotel (uncredited)

Stapleton Kent

W. J. Higgins (uncredited)

Frank McLure

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

Paul Hoffmann

Mark Lowell

Walter Merrill

Charles Sullivan

Charles Sullivan

Katherine Yorke

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