Donovan’s Brain.
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Running time: 01:21:00.; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CBPF.; [Cast:] Lew Ayres, Gene Evans, Nancy Davis, Steve Brodie.; PFA 1616-01-6979. D0007; PFA 1616-01-6978. D0007; PFA 1616-01-6979. CONDITION NOTE: Last inspected: 1990 May 20; PFA 1616-01-6978. CONDITION NOTE: Last inspected: 1990 May 20
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. The private plane of businessman Warren Donovan crashes near Cory's cabin, and rescuers request Cory's help. Donovan is seriously injured and not expected to live, so Cory takes the businessman's brain for experimentation. Cory begins to exhibit Donovan's personality traits such as smoking cigars, using ruthless personal manipulation.
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. The private plane of businessman Warren Donovan crashes near Cory's cabin, and rescuers request Cory's help. Donovan is seriously injured and not expected to live, so Cory takes the businessman's brain for experimentation. Cory begins to exhibit Donovan's personality traits such as smoking cigars, using ruthless personal manipulation.
Credits
- Feist, Felix.
- Ayres, Lew, 1908-1996.
- Evans, Gene.
- Davis, Nancy.
- Brodie, Steve, 1919-1992.
- Cast
- Lew Ayres, Nancy Davis
Complete catalog record
DONOVAN’S BRAIN. Dowling Productions. Released by United Artists Corp. 83 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on the novel of the same title by Curt Siodmak. © Dowling Productions, Inc.; 21Oct53; LP3025.
Sources
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- Wikidata · Q2708365 ↗ — country
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