The Brain (1962)
1h 23m | PG-13
A millionaire businessman's brain is kept alive after a fatal accident, and communicates clues to a doctor on the trail of the killer
Director: Freddie Francis
Studio: Raymond Stross Productions
Genre: Science Fiction, Crime, Horror
Video: 720p
Cast
Anne Heywood
as Anna Holt
Peter van Eyck
as Dr. Peter Corrie
Cecil Parker
as Stevenson
Bernard Lee
as Dr. Frank Shears
Ellen Schwiers
as Ella
Siegfried Lowitz
as Mr. Walters
Reviews
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 powerful industrialist who was murdered by person or persons unknown. Good and safe "B" schlocky fare for the so inclined. 6/10