The read
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do. It runs a compact 1h 23m.
Synopsis
A scientist takes 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 it, creating a "Jekyll and Hyde" paradigm.
Ratings
IMDb5.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes45%
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do.
42 audience votes
Key crew
- Felix E. FeistDirector
- Felix E. FeistScreenplay
- Eddie DunstedterOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Lew AyresDr. Patrick J. Cory
- Nancy ReaganJanice Cory
- Gene EvansDr. Frank Schratt
- Steve BrodieHerbie Yocum
- Tom PowersDonovan's Washington Advisor
- Lisa HowardChloe Donovan
- James AndersonChief Tuttle
- Victor SutherlandNathaniel Fuller
- Michael ColganTom Donovan
- Peter AdamsMr. Webster
- Harlan WardeTreasury Agent Brooke
- Shimen RuskinTailor
Stills
Themes
mad doctorbrain surgery