Vengeance (Original title)The Brain (Alternative title)
Dates: 1962 (Copyright), 08 December 1963 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, Federal Republic of GermanyDirected by: Freddie Francis
Synopsis: Dr Corrie, to test his theory of the possibility of keeping a brain alive, removes the brain of Max Holt, who has died after a plane crash. It first gives him evidence of the crash and gradually takes complete control of him, to the point of attempting to strangle Anna, Holt's daughter. Rescued by his colleague, Frank Shears, who disconnects the power sustaining Holt's brain, Corrie decides to solve the mystery of the crash and subsequent murders himself and finally succeeds in pinpointing the murderer.
Genres: Crime, Horror, Science Fiction
Subject: Brains
Releases
Date: 1962Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 83 mins 6 secs - Length: 7497 FeetDialogue (original): English
Dates: 1962 (Copyright), 08 December 1963 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, Federal Republic of GermanyDirected by: Freddie Francis
Synopsis: Dr Corrie, to test his theory of the possibility of keeping a brain alive, removes the brain of Max Holt, who has died after a plane crash. It first gives him evidence of the crash and gradually takes complete control of him, to the point of attempting to strangle Anna, Holt's daughter. Rescued by his colleague, Frank Shears, who disconnects the power sustaining Holt's brain, Corrie decides to solve the mystery of the crash and subsequent murders himself and finally succeeds in pinpointing the murderer.
Genres: Crime, Horror, Science Fiction
Subject: Brains
Releases
Date: 1962Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 83 mins 6 secs - Length: 7497 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
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©: Raymond Stross Productions, Production Company: Raymond Stross Productions, Production Company: CCC Filmkunst (Berlin), Produced by: Raymond Stross, Production Supervisor: George Fowler, Assistant Director: Buddy Booth, Script Supervisor: Pamela Davies, Screenplay by: Robert Stewart, Philip Mackie, Based on the novel 'Donovan's Brain' by: Curt Siodmak, Director of Photography: Bob Huke, Camera Operator: Eric Besche, Editor: Oswald Hafenrichter, Art Director: Arthur Lawson, Wardrobe: Jackie Cummins, Make Up: George Frost, Hairdresser: Daphne Martin, Titles Designed by: Chambers & Partners, Music Composed and Conducted by: Kenneth V. Jones, Director of Sound: Stephen Dalby, Sound Mixer: Bill Bulkley, Sound System: RCA, Aircraft supplied by: British United Airways, Made at: Twickenham Film Studios
Cast
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Anne Heywood (Anna Holt), Peter Van Eyck (Peter Corrie), Cecil Parker (Stevenson), Bernard Lee (Frank Shears), Maxine Audley (Marion), Ellen Schwiers (Ella), Siegfried Lowitz (Walters), Hans Nielsen (Immerman), Jeremy Spenser (Martin), Jack MacGowran (Furber), Miles Malleson (Doctor Miller), George A. Cooper (Gabler), Ann Sears (secretary), Irene Richmond (Mrs Gabler), Victor Brooks (farmer), Alistair Williams (Inspector Pike), Kenneth Kendall (newscaster), John Junkin (Frederick), Frank Forsythe (Francis), Bandana Das Gupta (Miss Soong), Allan Cuthbertson (Doctor Silva), Richard McNeff (Parkin), John Watson (priest), Patsy Rowlands (dance hall girl), Bryan Pringle (Master of Ceremonies)