Donovan's Brain (1953 film)

Donovan's Brain is an American sci-fi horror film about unethical experimentation on a human brain, removed from the body of an accident victim and kept alive in an electrically-charged saline solution, and the psychic consequences that befall the scientist responsible. Originally released in 1953, the film was directed by Felix E. Feist from a screenplay based on Curt Siodmak's 1942 novel of the same name.

Cast

 * Lew Ayres as Dr. Patrick Cory
 * Nancy Davis as Janice Cory
 * Gene Evans as Dr. Frank Schratt
 * Steve Brodie as Yocum
 * Tom Powers as Donovan's Washington Advisor
 * Lisa Howard as Chloe Donovan
 * James Anderson (Kyle James) as Chief Tuttle
 * Victor Sutherland as Nathaniel Fuller
 * Michael Colgan as Tom Donovan
 * Peter Adams as Mr. Webster
 * Harlan Warde as Treasury Agent Brooke
 * Shimen Ruskin as Tailor

Related
Two other film adaptations of Siodmak's Donovan's Brain:
 * The Lady and the Monster (1944, Republic Pictures)
 * The Brain (1962, Central Cinema/Stoss Prod.)