Donovan's Brain (1953)

★ 6.2 1h 23m 41 votes IMDb
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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.

Donovan's Brain

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Lew Ayres
Lew Ayres as Dr. Patrick J. Cory Died 1996 · Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Lew Ayres was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and raised in San Diego, California. A college dropout, he was found by a talent scout in the Coconut Grove nightclub in Los Angeles and entered Hollywoo...
Nancy Reagan
Nancy Reagan as Janice Cory Died 2016 · New York City, New York, USA From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Nancy Davis Reagan (born Anne Frances Robbins; July 6, 1921 – March 6, 2016) was an American film actress and the wife of Ronald Reagan, the 40th President of th...
Gene Evans
Gene Evans as Dr. Frank Schratt Died 1998 · Holbrook, Arizona, USA ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Gene Evans (July 11, 1922 - April 1, 1998) was an American actor. He was born in Holbrook, Arizona, but reared in Colton, California. His acting career bega...
Steve Brodie
Steve Brodie as Herbie Yocum Died 1992 · El Dorado, Kansas, USA ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Steve Brodie (November 21, 1919 — January 9, 1992) was an American movie and television actor. Born as John Stevenson in El Dorado, Kansas, he reportedly selec...
Tom Powers
Tom Powers as Donovan's Washington Advisor Died 1955 · Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
Lisa Howard
Lisa Howard as Chloe Donovan Died 1965 Howard was a film actress and soap opera star before breaking into journalism.​ In 1960 she scored the first major interview with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev at the United Nations. She was hi...
Director Felix E. Feist
Cast Lew Ayres, Nancy Reagan, Gene Evans, Steve Brodie, Tom Powers, Lisa Howard, James Anderson, Victor Sutherland, Michael Colgan, Peter Adams

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