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Donovan's Brain

Movie (1953)

A scientist takes a 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 creating a "Jekyll and Hyde" paradigm.

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Released:	Jan 1st, 1953
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Donovan's Brain Main Cast

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Lew Ayres
plays Dr. Patrick J. Cory

Gene Evans
plays Dr. Frank Schratt

Nancy Davis
plays Janice Cory

Steve Brodie
plays Herbie Yocum

Tom Powers
plays Donovan's Washington Advisor

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Writer Curt Siodmak was also set to direct, but at the last minute he was replaced by Felix E. Feist.
Dr. Cory, under the control of the brain, makes out a list showing several false identities under which Donovan has hidden money around the country. The first four names on the list (H.B. Chapman, Boris Leven, Jack R. Byrne, and Edward Boyle) are borrowed from the film's production supervisor, production designer, assistant director, and set director. The fifth name (Fred Russell) is that of a popular sports writer of the early 1950s.
Orson Welles played the part of Dr. Corey in "Donovan's Brain" on the only two-part broadcast ever produced on radio's "Suspense", 18 May and 25 May 1944.
The sign on the door of the attorney's office includes a "B. Chapman, CPA." Ben Chapman was the film's production supervisor.

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