Donovan's Brain

Name: Donovan's Brain
Director: Felix E. Feist
Genre: Science Fiction, Horror, Thriller
Released: 1953
Duration: 83 min
Rating: 6.2
Cast: Lew Ayres, Nancy Reagan, Gene Evans, Steve Brodie, Tom Powers

6.2 1953 1h 23m

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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.

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Director

Felix E. Feist

Cast

Lew Ayres, Nancy Reagan, Gene Evans, Steve Brodie, Tom Powers, Lisa Howard, James Anderson, Victor Sutherland

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