by Hal Erickson
synopsis
This third film version of the Curt Siodmak scare piece Donovan's Brain stars Peter Van Eyck as an overly dedicated scientist. When a powerful and ruthless financier dies in a plane crash, Van Eyck keeps the tycoon's brain alive in his laboratory. Gradually, the brain takes over the doctor's mind, forcing him into all sorts of evil chicanery. In a twist not found in the Siodmak original, the brain compels Van Eyck to seek out the financier's murderer. Anne Heywood costars as the dead man's daughter. A strong mulinational supporting cast distinguishes this Anglo-German coproduction.
characteristics
- Scientist
- Science
- Possession
- Brain
- Renegade Body Parts
- Retaliation
- Revenge
- Retribution
- Tycoon
- Vigilante
- Vengeance
- Vendetta
- Plane-crash
- Daughter
- Crash-landing
