Donovan's Brain

1953    83m    Approved
5.950%33%62%
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.
Directed By
Felix E. Feist
Studio
Dowling Productions
Cast of Donovan's Brain
  • Lew AyresDr. Patrick J. Cory
  • Nancy ReaganJanice Cory
  • Gene EvansDr. Frank Schratt
  • Steve BrodieHerbie Yocum
  • Tom PowersDonovan's Washington Advisor
  • Lisa HowardChloe Donovan
  • James AndersonChief Tuttle
  • Victor SutherlandNathaniel Fuller
  • Michael ColganTom Donovan
  • Peter AdamsMr. Webster
  • Harlan WardeTreasury Agent Brooke
  • Shimen RuskinTailor
  • John HamiltonMr. McNish (uncredited)
  • Don BrodieDetective Who Follows Dr. Cory from Hotel (uncredited)
  • Stapleton KentW. J. Higgins (uncredited)
  • Frank McLureMan leaving Fuller's Office (uncredited)
  • William CottrellDr. Crane (uncredited)
  • Max WagnerStation Agent (uncredited)
  • Sam Harris
  • Paul Hoffmann
  • Mark Lowell
  • Walter Merrill
  • Charles Sullivan
  • Katherine Yorke
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