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Donovan's Brain

6.219531h 23mMovieScience FictionHorrorThriller

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.

DirectorFelix E. Feist
WriterFelix E. Feist
ProducerTom Gries

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Cast · Directed by Felix E. Feist

LALew Ayres
Lew Ayres
Dr. Patrick J. Cory
NRNancy Reagan
Nancy Reagan
Janice Cory
GEGene Evans
Gene Evans
Dr. Frank Schratt
SBSteve Brodie
Steve Brodie
Herbie Yocum
TPTom Powers
Tom Powers
Donovan's Washington Advisor
LHLisa Howard
Lisa Howard
Chloe Donovan
JAJames Anderson
James Anderson
Chief Tuttle
VSVictor Sutherland
Victor Sutherland
Nathaniel Fuller
MCMichael Colgan
Michael Colgan
Tom Donovan
PAPeter Adams
Peter Adams
Mr. Webster
HW
Harlan Warde
Treasury Agent Brooke
SRShimen Ruskin
Shimen Ruskin
Tailor

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