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There is something grotesquely ironic about seeing traditional First Lady Nancy Regan as the caretaker of a disembodied brain twisted on world conquest–but at the time the movie first appeared the colossal irony in casting concerned actor Lew Ayres, who was best remembered as for his shroud series as the superior and responsible Dr. Kildaire, and who here plays a angry scientist. One intention or another, cult-film enthusiasts will have great fun with this one. But even so, DONOVAN’S BRAIN has a lot more going for it than cult-film appeal: the anecdote line continues to resonate in the unusual era of medical ethics issues, the script is surprisingly shiny, and the director and actors play it out at a hasty accelerate.
Based on a successful recent, DONOVAN’S BRAIN concerns a scientist (Ayers) who is experimenting with keeping monkey brains alive in tanks–and when a nearby plane rupture lands a terminal accident victim on his surgery table he presses his wife (Nancy Davis, later Regan) and surgical sidekick (Gene Evans) into recovering a human brain for his work. And he succeeds beyond all expection. Grief is, the brain belongs to a truly inappropriate multi-millionaire who wants to retract over the world, and under Ayres care the brain grows… and begins to exert an unexpectedly depraved psychic influence on those around it.
Ayres was a gifted leading man whose credits ranged from ALL Aloof ON THE WESTERN FRONT to JOHNNY BELINDA, and the film owes distinguished of its success to his talents; Gene Evans is also quite obliging as the drunken surgeon Ayres befriends. As for Nancy, she is clearly a B-Movie actress, but she is a surprisingly competent one. Cult fans will have a field day, but the movie is too enthralling as a whole to be designated such pure and simple; it has a lot going for it, and impartial about every one who sees it will have a ample time. Recommended.
This is a dapper movie based on Curt Siodmak’s new about Dr. Pat Cory (Lew Ayers), his assistant Dr. Frank Shratt (Gene Evans), and his wife Jan (Nancy Davis, who would later become First Lady, Nancy Reagan) experimenting on a monkey’s brain, trying to retain it alive on its possess, when an airplane rupture happens reach by. Requiring the doctor’s assistance, he uses his house to build an operation on the only survivor, the multi-millionaire Warren Donovan.
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This fails, but Cory hits upon the view of using Donovan’s brain for his experiments, with some unexpected results.
This isn’t a gory movie by any means, but it is very effective with superb performances all around.
The print that was weak for the DVD is very definite and detailed, which sometimes shows the movie’s shortcomings (some injurious stock footage for a car smash sequence and a poorly “matted” rain shot) .
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This budget DVD comes with a theatrical trailer and is closed captioned. If you’re a sci-fi fan, I highly recommend it.
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