Donovan's Brain
37 reviews
Sci-Fi/Horror
1h 23m
1953
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...
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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.
- DirectorFelix E. Feist
- Release30 September 1953
- Genre
- Duration1h 23m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate37 reviews
- Productions
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

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
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