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The Brain
From Raymond Stross Productions · CCC Filmkunst
The pounding of the afterbrain signals vengeance and death!!
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After the mysterious crash of a millionaire's private plane, scientists secretly harvest the dying man's brain and keep it alive in a laboratory in order to communicate via telepathy.
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Cast & crew
Directed by Freddie Francis
Anne Heywood
Peter van Eyck
Cecil Parker
Bernard Lee
Ellen Schwiers
Siegfried Lowitz
Hans Nielsen
Jeremy Spenser
Maxine Audley
Jack MacGowran
Miles Malleson
George A. CooperSimilar titles
Reviews · from TMDB members
John ChardOct 16, 2014
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 delightfull… Read more
y 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