Donovan's Brain

Donovan's Brain

6.2IMDb Score
Released:1953-09-30
Duration:83 min
Director:Felix E. Feist
Actors:Lew Ayres, Nancy Reagan, Gene Evans, Steve Brodie, Tom Powers
Production:Dowling Productions, United Artists

Overview:

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.

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