

Donovan's Brain
1 hour 23 minutes1953-09-30
6.1
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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.
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
