The Brain
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Freddie Francis
Anne Heywood
Peter Van Eyck
Cecil Parker
Bernard Lee
Ellen Schwiers
Film Details
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Synopsis
Dr. Peter Corrie and his assistant, Frank Shears, investigate an airplane accident near their laboratory. They take the only survivor inside, remove his brain when his heart stops beating, and keep it alive in an experimental solution. The brain, which belonged to ruthless tycoon Max Holt, soon begins to take control of Dr. Corrie's mind. At Holt's funeral Corrie meets the dead man's daughter, Anna; his rebellious son, Martin; and his unethical lawyer, Stevenson. Corrie suspects that Holt was murdered, and under the strange hypnotic influence of the brain he searches for the killer. He encounters Holt's mistress, Marion Fare, and his chauffeur, Gable; and when Gable is murdered, Corrie is framed by Holt's associates. Controlled by the brain, Corrie almost murders a man, but Shears is able to stop him by removing the brain from the solution. Corrie later discovers that Anna killed her father because of his monopoly of a new drug.
Director
Freddie Francis
Cast
Anne Heywood
Peter Van Eyck
Cecil Parker
Bernard Lee
Ellen Schwiers
Maxine Audley
Jeremy Spenser
Siegfried Lowitz
Hans Nielsen
Miles Malleson
Jack Macgowran
George A. Cooper
Irene Richmond
Ann Sears
Victor Brooks
Alistair Williams
Kenneth Kendall
John Junkin
Frank Forsyth
Bandana Das Gupta
Allan Cuthbertson
Richard Mcneff
John Watson
Patsy Rowlands
Bryan Pringle
Dieter Borsche
Crew
Ronald Baker
Ted Barnes
Eric Besche
Buddy Booth
Artur Brauner
Bill Bulkley
Angela Cockill
Jackie Cummins
Stephen Dalby
Pamela Davies
George Fowler
Ronnie Fox-rogers
George Frost
Dave Goghan
Oswald Hafenrichter
Bob Huke
Ken Jones
Arthur Lawson
Ernie Lewis
Philip Mackie
Mervyn Medalie
David Nimmo
H. Paton
Alfred Pegley
Don Picton
Ted Reed
Raymonde Reilly
Robert Stewart
Raymond Stross
Fred Tomlin
Ted Tucker
Don Webb
Film Details
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Released in Great Britain in December 1963 as Vengeance; running time: 83 min; in West Germany in October 1962 as Ein Toter sucht seinen Mörder; running time: 84 min. Previously filmed in 1944 as Lady and the Monster (Republic) and in 1953 as Donovan's Brain (United Artists).
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Winter December 1964
Remake of "Lady and the Monster" (1944) directed by George Sherman and "Donovan's Brain" (1953) directed by Felix Feist.
Released in United States Winter December 1964
