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Donovan's Brain

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Donovan's Brain

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

6.1

1h 23m

1953

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

Synopsis

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

Trailer

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Cast & Crew

Lew Ayres

Lew Ayres

as Dr. Patrick J. Cory

Nancy Reagan

Nancy Reagan

as Janice Cory

Gene Evans

Gene Evans

as Dr. Frank Schratt

Steve Brodie

Steve Brodie

as Herbie Yocum

Tom Powers

Tom Powers

as Donovan's Washington Advisor

Lisa Howard

Lisa Howard

as Chloe Donovan

James Anderson

James Anderson

as Chief Tuttle

Victor Sutherland

Victor Sutherland

as Nathaniel Fuller

Michael Colgan

as Tom Donovan

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