Top billed cast

1. 

   Anne Heywood

   Anna Holt

2. 

   Peter van Eyck

   Dr. Peter Corrie

3. 

   Cecil Parker

   Stevenson

4. 

   Bernard Lee

   Dr. Frank Shears

5. 

   Ellen Schwiers

   Ella

6. 

   Siegfried Lowitz

   Mr. Walters

7. 

   Hans Nielsen

   Immerman

8. 

   Jeremy Spenser

   Martin Holt

9. 

   Maxine Audley

   Marion Fane

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on 2014-10-16

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 delightfully monstrous paintings, a lie detector scene and all the sequences where Van Eyck is possessed by the brain of the powerf...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• bomb
• scientist