The Brain
After the mysterious crash of a millionaire's private airplane, three scientists secretly harvest the dying man's brain and keep it alive in a laboratory in order to communicate with it through telepathy.
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"This Anglo-German co-production by Raymond Stross based on the novel by Kurt Siodmak represented an early film by Freddie Francis, when he still had serious ambitions to establish himself as a director. As befits a man who had recently been an Oscar-winning black & white cinematographer Francis provides the film with a vivid visual style. Among the cast comprising Ango-Saxons and Teutons in fairly equal measure Peter Van Eyck as usual gives a sound dramatic performance as Dr Corrie both before and after coming under the control of the recently deceased megalomaniac Max Holt. The producer&..."
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This had very limited cinema release in the UK under the title "Vengeance". It had to wait almost 50 years to get shown on British television, where it has always been shown under the title "The Brain".
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After the mysterious crash of a millionaire's private airplane, three scientists secretly harvest the dying man's brain and keep it alive in a laboratory in order to communicate with it through telepathy.