Read the full synopsis of Donovan's Brain, 1953, directed by Felix Feist, with Lew Ayres, Gene Evans, Nancy Reagan, at Turner Classic Movies Marine atomic tests cause changes in the ocean's ecosystem resulting in dangerous blobs of radiation and the resurrection of a dormant dinosaur that threatens London. With Lew Ayres, Gene Evans, Nancy Reagan, Steve Brodie. Nancy Davis (Reagan) also delivers as the loyal wife. Gradually, Cory begins to exhibit Donovan's personality traits such as smoking cigars, using ruthless personal manipulation, and walking with a limp.
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Dr. Patrick "Pat" J. Cory is researching brains with his assistant and friend Dr. Frank Schratt and his wife Janice Cory through experiments with monkeys in a laboratory in his house. Ultimately, lightning strikes the Cory home and a fire breaks out, burning Donovan's brain and bringing an end to the horror. Invisible atomic monsters attack a U.S. Armed Forces base and the local residents. Use the HTML below. Scientists become trapped on a shrinking island with intelligent, murderous giant crabs. A giant, radioactive octopus rises from the Philippine Trench to terrorize the North American Pacific Coast. Soon Donovan's brain imposes his personality to Dr. Cory and possesses him to get rid of his enemies and to live again in his body. When an airplane crashes nearby his house, there is only one near-death survivor, the millionaire Warren H. Donovan that is brought still alive to his care. Donovan is seriously injured and not expected to live, so Cory takes the businessman's brain for experimentation.
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Schratt and Janice sees the transformation of Dr. Cory and plan to destroy the brain. Three scientists unlawfully remove the still living brain of a dead tycoon and experiment with it but the evil brain begins to telepathically control the lead scientist. Will they succeed in their intent? Of course, the premise of a disembodied brain taking thought control of its master has kicked around more than a few times.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful. Donovan's Brain is an independently made 1953 black-and-white science fiction horror film, produced by Allan Dowling and Tom Gries, directed by Felix E. Feist, that stars Lew Ayres and Nancy Davis. Choose an adventure below and discover your next favorite movie or TV show.Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. After realizing that Donovan can control only one person at a time, Janice and Frank plot to destroy the brain. Extraterrestrials traveling in high-tech flying saucers contact a scientist as part of a plan to enslave the inhabitants of Earth.
After writing messages in Donovan's handwriting while he is sleeping, Cory believes Donovan's consciousness still survives and he attempts to communicate with the brain. Well-crafted sci-fi with minimal special effects. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. One of only two survivors from a Martian expedition is so traumatized she doesn't remember the circumstances of the trip. Cory manages to keep the brain alive in an electrified saline solution. Frank survives, and Cory willingly goes to accept the consequences for his actions.
A scientist discovers a formula enabling him to pass through solid surfaces, but he also rapidly ages, which forces him to kill humans in order to reverse the aging process by absorbing his victims' energies. However Donovan dies and Dr. Cory decides to use his brain in his experiment keeping it alive in a tank. Note also that usual tough guy Gene Evans gets the thankless "Igor" role as the lab assistant.Looking for something to watch? Rotten Tomatoes, home of the Tomatometer, is the most trusted measurement of quality for Movies & TV. Donovan's Brain (1953) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The private plane of businessman Warren Donovan crashes near Cory's cabin, and rescuers request Cory's help. However, this is arguably the best version, thanks to a tight screenplay and a fine central performance. The first manned expedition to Mars is decimated by an unknown life form which stows away on the rescue ship.
Ayers must go from nice guy doctor to tyrannical business tycoon whenever the evil brain takes control. The film was distributed by United Artists and is based on the 1942 horror novel Donovan's Brain by Curt Siodmak. The definitive site for Reviews, Trailers, Showtimes, and Tickets A spaceship from another world crashes in the Arizona desert and only an amateur stargazer and a schoolteacher suspect alien influence when the local townsfolk begin to act strangely. Dr. Patrick Cory and his wife Janice live in a mountain retreat where Cory attempts to keep a monkey's brain alive after having been removed from the monkey's skull. However, Frank's plan goes wrong when Donovan forces Frank to shoot himself. Three scientists unlawfully remove the still living brain of a dead tycoon and experiment with it but the evil brain begins to telepathically control the lead scientist. Janice and Frank Schratt, Cory's friend and assistant, suspect that Donovan's consciousness is using Donovan's brain grows increasingly powerful, using Cory to collect a financial fortune and taking control of Yocum's mind and forcing him into a fatal car crash. Directed by Felix E. Feist. Was this review helpful to you? And he does both in highly convincing fashion—sure a long way from young Dr. Kildare. Donovan's Brain stars former First Lady Nancy (Davis) Reagan with Lew Ayres in this shocking science-fiction tale about a laboratory experiment that unleashes a powerful and out-of-control brain.