Cast
Anne Heywood
Anna Holt
Peter van Eyck
Dr. Peter Corrie
Cecil Parker
Stevenson
Bernard Lee
Dr. Frank Shears
Ellen Schwiers
Ella
Siegfried Lowitz
Mr. Walters
Hans Nielsen
Immerman
Jeremy Spenser
Martin Holt
Maxine Audley
Marion Fane
Jack MacGowran
Furber
Miles Malleson
Dr. Miller
George A. Cooper
Thomas Gabler
Dieter Borsche
Dr. Miller
Ann Sears
Stevenson's secretary
Allan Cuthbertson
Da Silva
Alister Williamson
Inspector Pike
Bryan Pringle
Dance Hall MC (uncredited)
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Reviews
John Chard
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
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