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A scientist takes the brain of dead man and revives it via electrodes as it lays suspended in a tank of liquid. Soon, the brain grows to possess enormous psychic powers and inflicts its personality upon the doctor who saved it, creating a "Jekyll and Hyde" paradigm.
Theatrical
Sep 30, 1953
DVD / Blu-ray
Jun 5, 2001
Director
Writer
Producer
Music
Eddie Dunstedter
Studio
Dowling Productions, United Artists
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Quotes
See all →A Surgeon’s Struggle with Sobriety
Dr. Patrick J. Cory
My dear Dr. Schratt, you sober up with more grace than anyone I ever saw. You're terrific. C'mon, let's go.
[after Cory wakes Scratt up from a drunken stupor; pauses and shrugs]
Dr. Frank Schratt
Are you kidding? Look! Nope.
[He holds out his shaking hand]
Dr. Patrick J. Cory
Frank, don't let me down.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
A Conversation on Fame and Utility
Dr. Patrick J. Cory
I think someday you'll be as famous as ].
[[Marie Curie|Madame Eve Curie]
Janice Cory
We'll if I'm as useful to you as she was to her husband, I'll settle for that.
Dr. Patrick J. Cory
You're just as useful and lots prettier.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →L
Lew Ayres
Dr. Patrick J. Cory
N
Nancy Reagan
Janice Cory
G
Gene Evans
Dr. Frank Schratt
S
Steve Brodie
Herbie Yocum
T
Tom Powers
Donovan's Washington Advisor
L
Lisa Howard
Chloe Donovan
J
James Anderson
Chief Tuttle
V
Victor Sutherland
Nathaniel Fuller
M
Michael Colgan
Tom Donovan
P
Peter Adams
Mr. Webster
H
Harlan Warde
Treasury Agent Brooke
S
Shimen Ruskin
Tailor
J
John Hamilton
Mr. McNish (uncredited)
D
Don Brodie
Detective Who Follows Dr. Cory from Hotel (uncredited)
S
Stapleton Kent
W. J. Higgins (uncredited)
F
Frank McLure
Man leaving Fuller's Office (uncredited)
W
William Cottrell
Dr. Crane (uncredited)
M
Max Wagner
Station Agent (uncredited)
S
Sam Harris
Man leaving Fuller's Office (uncredited)
P
Paul Hoffmann
