The Brain (1962 film)

The Brain
Movie poster
Directed by	Freddie Francis
Produced by	Artur Brauner Raymond Stross
Written by	Robert Banks Stewart Philip Mackie
Based on	Donovan's Brain by Curt Siodmak
Starring	Anne Heywood Peter van Eyck Cecil Parker Bernard Lee
Music by	Kenneth V. Jones
Cinematography	Robert Huke
Edited by	Oswald Hafenrichter
Production company	Central Cinema Company/ Raymond Stross Productions
Distributed by	British Lion/Columbia (UK) Europa-Filmverleih AG (West Germany) Governor Films (US, 1964)
Release date	1962 (UK/Germany) 1964 (US)
Running time	84 minutes (UK/Germany) 83 minutes (US)
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Brain is a 1962 science fiction thriller film directed by Freddie Francis, and starring Anne Heywood and Peter van Eyck.^[1] A UK-West German production (also released as Ein Toter sucht seinen Mörder)

The Brain differs from earlier film versions of the Curt Siodmak novel Donovan's Brain: in this remake, the dead man seeks his own murderer through contact with the doctor keeping his brain alive.^[2]

Cast

• Anne Heywood as Anna Holt
• Peter van Eyck as Dr. Peter Corrie
• Cecil Parker as Stevenson
• Bernard Lee as Dr. Frank Shears
• Jeremy Spenser as Martin Holt
• Maxine Audley as Marion Fane
• Ellen Schwiers as Ella
• Siegfried Lowitz as Mr. Walters
• Hans Nielsen as Immerman
• Jack MacGowran as Furber
• Miles Malleson as Dr. Miller
• George A. Cooper as Thomas Gabler
• Victor Brooks as Farmer at Crash Site (uncredited)
• Allan Cuthbertson as Da Silva (uncredited)
• John Junkin as Frederick (uncredited)
• Bryan Pringle as Dance-Hall MC (uncredited)
• Patsy Rowlands as Young Woman at Dance Hall (uncredited)
• Alister Williamson as Inspector Pike (uncredited)

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