Donovan's Brain
1953
1h 23min
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.
Storyline
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.
Released
30 September 1953
Runtime
1h 23min
Director
Genre
Status
Released
Language
English
Production
Dowling Productions, United Artists
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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