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Donovan's Brain

Play trailer Poster for Donovan's Brain 1953,  1h 23m,  Sci-Fi Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 45% 11 Reviews Tomatometer 33% 100+ Ratings Popcornmeter
45% Tomatometer 11 Reviews 33% Popcornmeter 100+ Ratings
Valiant scientist Dr. Cory (Lew Ayres) knows he must resort to unorthodox methods in order to save ailing tycoon Tom Donovan, so the surgeon removes the wealthy man's brain and manages to keep it functioning with electrical stimulation. Unfortunately, it isn't long before Donovan's brain somehow possesses the kindhearted Dr. Cory, who then begins to behave like the heartless Donovan. Cory's wife, Janice (Nancy Davis), and friend Dr. Schratt (Gene Evans) try to intervene, with horrific results.

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Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com Oct 9, 2020
2/5
Silly without ever being very effective, what's most interesting about Siodmak's initial text is the far-reaching cinematic influence over schlocky B-grade sci-fi it would have. Go to Full Review
David Kaplan Kaplan vs. Kaplan Mar 1, 2008
2/5
Neil Cohen Echo Magazine Jul 29, 2007
3/5
Jonathan R. Perry Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas) Apr 27, 2007
2/5
Susan Granger www.susangranger.com Aug 26, 2006
3/5
Jake Euker F5 (Wichita, KS) Mar 18, 2006
2/5
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Cast & Crew

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Felix E. Feist

Director

Lew Ayres

Dr. Patrick J. Cory

Gene Evans

Dr. Frank Schratt

Nancy Reagan

Janice Cory

Steve Brodie

Herbie Yocum

Lisa Howard

Chloe Donovan

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Donovan's Brain

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Synopsis Valiant scientist Dr. Cory (Lew Ayres) knows he must resort to unorthodox methods in order to save ailing tycoon Tom Donovan, so the surgeon removes the wealthy man's brain and manages to keep it functioning with electrical stimulation. Unfortunately, it isn't long before Donovan's brain somehow possesses the kindhearted Dr. Cory, who then begins to behave like the heartless Donovan. Cory's wife, Janice (Nancy Davis), and friend Dr. Schratt (Gene Evans) try to intervene, with horrific results.
Director
Felix E. Feist
Producer
Tom Gries
Screenwriter
Felix E. Feist
Production Co
Dowling Productions
Genre
Sci-Fi
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 30, 1953, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 17, 2017
Runtime
1h 23m
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