Donovan's Brain (1953 film)
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| Donovan's Brain | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Felix E. Feist |
| Produced by | Allan Dowling, Tom Gries |
| Screenplay by | Felix E. Feist (from Hugh Brooke's adaptation) |
| Based on | Donovan's Brain (1942) by Curt Siodmak |
| Starring | Lew Ayres, Gene Evans, Nancy Davis, Steve Brodie |
| Music by | Eddie Dunstedter |
| Cinematography | Joseph F. Biroc |
| Edited by | Herbert L. Strock |
Production company |
Dowling Productions |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
Release date |
30 September 1953 |
Running time |
83 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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.)