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The Brain

Based On the book by Curt Siodmak

The Brain, also known as Vengeance and Ein Toter sucht seinen Mörder, is a 1962 UK-West German co-production science fiction thriller film directed by Freddie Francis and starring Anne Heywood and Peter van Eyck. It was written by Robert Banks Stewart and Philip Mackie adapted from the 1942 Curt Siodmak novel Donovan's Brain. In this film, differing from earlier adaptations, the dead man Max Holt seeks his murderer through hypnotic contact with the doctor Peter Corrie keeping his brain alive. It was one in a series of films produced Raymond Stross starring his wife Heywood.

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Release date:
1962
Director:
Freddie Francis
Cast:
Anne Heywood, Peter van Eyck, Cecil Parker, Bernard Lee, Maxine Audley
Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English

Book vs Film

Cover of Donovan's Brain
The Book · 1942

Donovan's Brain

Curt Siodmak

Poster for The Brain
The Film · 1962

The Brain

Freddie Francis

★ 5.2 / 10 417 votes · IMDb

Reached the screen 20 years after publication.

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