Donovan's Brain
30/09/1953
1h 23m

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


Michael Colgan
Tom Donovan


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)
Stapleton Kent
W. J. Higgins (uncredited)


Frank McLure
Man leaving Fuller's Office (uncredited)
William Cottrell
Dr. Crane (uncredited)


Max Wagner
Station Agent (uncredited)
Sam Harris
Man leaving Fuller's Office (uncredited)


Paul Hoffmann
Mark Lowell
Walter Merrill


Charles Sullivan
Katherine Yorke
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