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

Lew Ayres

as Dr. Patrick J. Cory

Nancy Reagan

as Janice Cory

Gene Evans

as Dr. Frank Schratt

Steve Brodie

as Herbie Yocum

Tom Powers

as Donovan's Washington Advisor

Lisa Howard

as Chloe Donovan

James Anderson

as Chief Tuttle

Victor Sutherland

as Nathaniel Fuller

Michael Colgan

as Tom Donovan

Peter Adams

as Mr. Webster

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