The Brain

1/1/19641h 23m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ The pounding of the afterbrain signals vengeance and death!! ~

Overview:

A millionaire businessman's brain is kept alive after a fatal accident, and communicates clues to a doctor on the trail of the killer.

Director:

Freddie Francis

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

bomb
scientist

Cast

Anne Heywood

~ as ~

Anna Holt

Peter van Eyck

~ as ~

Dr. Peter Corrie

Cecil Parker

~ as ~

Stevenson

Bernard Lee

~ as ~

Dr. Frank Shears

Ellen Schwiers

~ as ~

Ella

Siegfried Lowitz

~ as ~

Mr. Walters

Hans Nielsen

~ as ~

Immerman

Jeremy Spenser

~ as ~

Martin Holt

Maxine Audley

~ as ~

Marion Fane

Jack MacGowran

~ as ~

Furber

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Reviews (1)

John Chard
Written 11 year(s) ago
6
Instrument of Terror!

An adaptation of film noir legend Curt Siodmak's novel, Donovan's Brain, The Brain offers up a murder mystery narrative to go with the mad science angle. It's not particularly thrilling but it does tick along nicely and director Freddie Francis has a keen eye for scene staging. Cast features Peter Van Eyck, Anne Heywood, Cecil Parker and Bernard Lee, and they all do what is required to make the material work. Stand out moments involve some delightfully monstrous paintings, a lie detector scene and all the sequences where Van Eyck is possessed by the brain of the powerful industrialist who was murdered by person or persons unknown. Good and safe "B" schlocky fare for the so inclined. 6/10