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Donovan's Brain
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6.2A 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.
Released: 1953-09-3083 minDir: Felix E. FeistScience Fiction, Horror, Thriller
Cast
- Lew Ayres as Dr. Patrick J. Cory
- Nancy Reagan as Janice Cory
- Gene Evans as Dr. Frank Schratt
- Steve Brodie as Herbie Yocum
- Tom Powers as Donovan's Washington Advisor
- Lisa Howard as Chloe Donovan
Themes
- mad doctor
- brain surgery
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- science fiction film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Donovan's Brain
- Main subject
- mad scientist
- Director
- Felix E. Feist
- Screenwriter
- Curt Siodmak
- Cast member
- Tom Powers
- Producer
- Tom Gries
- Cinematographer
- Joseph F. Biroc
- Duration
- 83
- FilmAffinity ID
- 749342
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1953-01-01
- title
- Donovan's Brain
- color
- black-and-white
- production designer
- Boris Leven
- distributed by
- Netflix
- film editor
- Herbert L. Strock
- review score
- 50%
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