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Donovan's Brain

1953

1h 23m

6.10

Science Fiction, Horror, Thriller

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.

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

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)

Frank McLure

Man leaving Fuller's Office (uncredited)

Paul Hoffmann

Charles Sullivan

Michael Colgan

Tom Donovan

Stapleton Kent

W. J. Higgins (uncredited)

William Cottrell

Dr. Crane (uncredited)

Max Wagner

Station Agent (uncredited)

Sam Harris

Man leaving Fuller's Office (uncredited)

Mark Lowell

Walter Merrill

Katherine Yorke

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