The Brain Machine (Original title)
Dates: 1954 (Copyright), 07 February 1955 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Ken Hughes
Synopsis: Concerns efforts of doctor and his wife who try to stop a born killer from committing homicide. A divorcing couple, who are both doctors, work closely with an electroencephalograph - a machine that measures brain waves. An aggresive patient, Frank Smith, is tested on the machine and shown to have strong homicidal tendencies. He discharges himself from hospital, but kidnaps Dr. Phillipa Roberts when she discovers his involvement in an illegal pharmaceuticals racket.
Genres: Medical drama, Thriller
Subjects: Electroencephalography, Pharmacology
Releases
Date: 07 February 1955Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - Sound - MonoRuntime: 83 mins Length: 7457 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Anglo Amalgamated
Date: February 1956Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - Sound - MonoRuntime: 72 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: RKO Radio Pictures
Date: March 1990Country: United KingdomRelease type: Home ViewingFormat: VHS Videocassette - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 80 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Warner Home Video
Dates: 1954 (Copyright), 07 February 1955 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Ken Hughes
Synopsis: Concerns efforts of doctor and his wife who try to stop a born killer from committing homicide. A divorcing couple, who are both doctors, work closely with an electroencephalograph - a machine that measures brain waves. An aggresive patient, Frank Smith, is tested on the machine and shown to have strong homicidal tendencies. He discharges himself from hospital, but kidnaps Dr. Phillipa Roberts when she discovers his involvement in an illegal pharmaceuticals racket.
Genres: Medical drama, Thriller
Subjects: Electroencephalography, Pharmacology
Releases
Date: 07 February 1955Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - Sound - MonoRuntime: 83 mins Length: 7457 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Anglo Amalgamated
Date: February 1956Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - Sound - MonoRuntime: 72 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: RKO Radio Pictures
Date: March 1990Country: United KingdomRelease type: Home ViewingFormat: VHS Videocassette - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 80 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Warner Home Video
Credits
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© [US TV version]: Inc. RKO Teleradio Pictures, [Production Company]: Merton Park Studios, Produced by: Alec C. Snowden, Assistant Director (1st): Jim O'Connolly, Assistant Director (2nd): Fred Ruff, [Assistant Director (3rd)]: John Smith, Continuity: Angela Allen, Written by: Ken Hughes, Director of Photography: Josef Ambor, Camera Operator: Ron Robson, [Focus Puller]: Cyril Gray, [Clapper Loader]: Ken Clarke, Stills Cameraman: Richard Cantouris, Film Editor: Geoffrey Muller, [Assistant Editor]: Pamela Bunce, Art Director: George Haslam, [Assistant Art Director]: Stan Shields, Wardrobe Mistress: Alice Mclaren, Make-up: Jack Craig, Music Director: Richard Taylor, Sound Supervisor: Richard A. Smith, Sound System: Western Electric Recording, Sound Recordist: Dick Smith, Ron Abbott, [Boom Operator]: Dave Drinkwater, Technical Assistance by: Mr. Frederick Wilson of the Edison Swan Electric Company Ltd., [Studio]: Merton Park
Cast
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Patrick Barr (Dr Geoffrey Allen), Elizabeth Allan (Dr Philippa Roberts), Maxwell Reed (Frank Smith), Russell Napier (Inspector Durham), Gibb McLaughlin (Spencer Simon), Edwin Richfield (Ryan), Vanda Godsell (Mae Smith), Neil Hallett (Sergeant John Harris), Mark Bellamy (Louis), Bill Nagy (Charlie), Anthony Valentine (Tony, Charlie's son), John Horsley (Dr Richards), Donald Bisset (Major Gifford), Gwen Bacon (matron), Clifford Buckton (Jarrit), Cyril Smith (prison warder), Tom Gallagher (factory foreman), Dan Wilson (personnel manager), Henry Webb (tenement caretaker), Joan Tyrell (mother at tenement), Marianne Stone (nurse), John Preston