Donovan's Brain

Name: Donovan's Brain
Director: Felix E. Feist
Released: 1953
Duration: 83 min
Rating: 5.9
Cast: Lew Ayres, Gene Evans, Nancy Reagan, Steve Brodie, Tom Powers

1953 · 83 MIN · IMDB 5.9 · 1,763 VOTES · DIR. Felix E. Feist

Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,632 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:00 CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY MGM HOME ENTERTAINMENT

00:04:03 THIS IS YOUR FIFTH TRY. IT SEEMS SO POINTLESS.

00:07:37 THREE DEAD, ONE SURVIVOR.

00:10:21 WATCH THE CURRENT, WILL YOU, FRANK?

00:12:37 PROMISE ME SOMETHING, WILL YOU, PAL?

00:14:50 AND MIKE AT THE LIQUOR STORE

00:16:43 WELL, WHERE DO I FIT IN?

00:19:07 JAN...

00:21:52 I GUESS IF WE HAD ABOUT A HUNDRED MIRRORS

00:24:08 WILL YOU, BABY, PLEASE?

00:29:12 NO.

00:33:23 THIS DONOVAN BUSINESS IS ON THE LEVEL?

00:37:24 YEAH, SURE.

00:41:28 MR. FULLER IS IN CONFERENCE.

00:44:52 ASSIGNED TO THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

00:47:04 GEE, THE MISSIS LOOKS PRETTY, DOESN'T SHE?

00:50:21 WHEN SUDDENLY MY HEAD BEGAN TO SWIM

00:55:12 WOULD YOU GENTLEMEN HAVE SOME COFFEE?

00:58:14 AND I DON'T KNOW WHY.

01:03:36 I DID ONCE, I THINK.

01:07:50 I HADN'T THOUGHT OF IT.

01:14:22 BUT THIS RELATIONSHIP OF YOU TO DONOVAN

01:16:58 IT'S A GAMBLE.

01:19:26 I'M SO GLAD.

Cast & Characters

Lew Ayres Dr. Patrick J. Cory Gene Evans Dr. Frank Schratt Nancy Reagan Janice Cory Steve Brodie Herbie Yocum Tom Powers Donovan's Washington Advisor Lisa Howard Chloe Donovan James Anderson Chief Tuttle Victor Sutherland Nathaniel Fuller Michael Colgan Tom Donovan Peter Adams Mr. Webster

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,632

Dialogue density19.7 lines / min

First line00:00:00

Final line01:19:26

Production Record

DirectorFelix E. Feist

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes1,763