The Brain (1962 film)
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 co-production (also released as Ein Toter sucht seinen Mörder)
| The Brain | |
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| 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 differs from earlier film versions of the Curt Siodmak 1942 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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