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Donovan's Brain

Release Year
1953
Runtime
1h 23m
Genres
Drama
Horror
Science Fiction
Directed By
Felix E. Feist
Donovan's Brain

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 & Crew

Cast

Lew Ayres

Dr. Patrick J. Cory

Nancy Davis 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

Crew

Felix E. Feist

Director

Felix E. Feist

Screenplay

Eddie Dunstedter

Original Music Composer

Herbert L. Strock

Editor

Boris Leven

Production Design

Tom Gries

Producer

Harry Redmond Jr.

Special Effects

Hugh Brooke

Adaptation

Earl Snyder

Sound Mixer

Bill Naylor

Sound Effects Editor

Eddie Dunstedter

Conductor

Terry Miles

Makeup Artist

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