- 7/2/2025
Donovan's Brain is an independently made 1953 American black-and-white science fiction horror film, produced by Tom Gries and directed by Felix Feist. Starring Lew Ayres, Gene Evans, Nancy Davis and Steve Brodie.
Plot:
Dr. Patrick "Pat" J. Cory is researching brains with his assistant and friend Dr. Frank Schratt and his wife Janice Cory through experiments with monkeys in a laboratory in his house. When an airplane crashes nearby his house, there is only one near-death survivor, the millionaire Warren H. Donovan that is brought still alive to his care. However Donovan dies and Dr. Cory decides to use his brain in his experiment keeping it alive in a tank. Pat, Schratt and Janice research about the life of Donovan and they discover that he was a ruthless and evil man. Soon Donovan's brain imposes his personality to Dr. Cory and possesses him to get rid of his enemies and to live again in his body. Schratt and Janice sees the transformation of Dr. Cory and plan to destroy the brain. Will they succeed in their intent?
Plot:
Dr. Patrick "Pat" J. Cory is researching brains with his assistant and friend Dr. Frank Schratt and his wife Janice Cory through experiments with monkeys in a laboratory in his house. When an airplane crashes nearby his house, there is only one near-death survivor, the millionaire Warren H. Donovan that is brought still alive to his care. However Donovan dies and Dr. Cory decides to use his brain in his experiment keeping it alive in a tank. Pat, Schratt and Janice research about the life of Donovan and they discover that he was a ruthless and evil man. Soon Donovan's brain imposes his personality to Dr. Cory and possesses him to get rid of his enemies and to live again in his body. Schratt and Janice sees the transformation of Dr. Cory and plan to destroy the brain. Will they succeed in their intent?
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00:01:00It's cold.
00:01:25We'll be home in a couple of minutes.
00:01:34His teeth be chattering.
00:01:37You gonna make friends with this one, too?
00:01:39He is cold.
00:01:48Come here, honey.
00:01:50Come here.
00:01:58He's relaxing.
00:01:59He likes me.
00:02:03Me, too.
00:02:04Come here.
00:02:20Frank?
00:02:22Patrick.
00:02:23Ah, Jan, you know how much this means to me.
00:02:25Get with it, will you, baby?
00:02:29Frank!
00:02:34Hey, Frank!
00:02:35Come here.
00:02:38Oh.
00:02:40No.
00:02:42Oh, Frank.
00:02:44Come on.
00:02:44Okay, Colonel.
00:02:45Okay.
00:02:46Lay off.
00:02:46Stop it.
00:02:47Ready for duty?
00:02:47Always ready.
00:02:48Yes, sir, Colonel.
00:02:49Jan, put on some coffee.
00:02:51Don't I always put a pot of coffee on the stove before I pass out?
00:02:53There's lots of coffee.
00:02:54Oh, my dear Dr. Schratz, you sober up with more grace than anybody I ever saw.
00:02:58You're terrific.
00:02:59Come on.
00:02:59Let's go.
00:03:00Are you kidding?
00:03:01Look.
00:03:02Nope.
00:03:03Frank, don't let me down.
00:03:05What's more use than a surgeon with a hangover?
00:03:07I'm a drunken zero.
00:03:08I pass.
00:03:08No, you don't.
00:03:09I'd rather have you do a corneal transplant for me drunk than anybody else sober.
00:03:13Let's go, boy.
00:03:14You're brilliant, but not normal.
00:03:16So are you.
00:03:17But are you?
00:03:18And who is?
00:03:19Oh, great.
00:03:26Come on, boy.
00:03:27Hit the showers.
00:03:28Turn in your suit.
00:03:32Get me a long carotid this time, will you?
00:03:34Yes, indeed.
00:03:35Clean to the last teeny pour.
00:03:39Darling, Junior's falling asleep.
00:03:41Good.
00:03:42Look, he's the first who's not scared.
00:03:44It's a break for us.
00:03:45Less problem with clots.
00:03:47Pat, couldn't I keep him as a pet?
00:03:48I thought I was your pet.
00:03:50Set him on the table, honey.
00:03:51He's so young, so trusting.
00:03:54Trust me.
00:03:55Must be just a baby.
00:03:57Pat.
00:03:58The others were too old.
00:03:59Maybe that's why we failed.
00:04:00This is your fifth try.
00:04:02It seems so pointless.
00:04:03Four wasted lives.
00:04:04Monkey lives.
00:04:06And is it pointless for animals to help save human life?
00:04:09One soldier?
00:04:10One mother in an auto accident?
00:04:11One half-drowned boy?
00:04:13One baby girl?
00:04:14Feverish, with freckles and a dimple?
00:04:17You're right, darling.
00:04:18I'm being silly.
00:04:20Thanks, dear.
00:04:21I'll go make us one of those wonderful stews, will you?
00:04:26She is really something.
00:04:28So are you, pal.
00:04:29Okay, you're on.
00:04:31This is the day I feel it.
00:04:32Me too.
00:04:33In about 30 minutes, we'll have a monkey brain.
00:04:36Alive.
00:04:37Well, yes or no?
00:04:43Frank, the pump.
00:04:48Now the motor.
00:04:52Jan, check the oscillograph.
00:04:54The fifth and last time, I hope.
00:05:03Nothing.
00:05:04Keep watching it.
00:05:06Frank, up five microvolts.
00:05:12An alpha curve.
00:05:14Faint, but it's here.
00:05:15Up five more.
00:05:16It appears firm and normal.
00:05:25Honey, take a look.
00:05:29Something, kids.
00:05:31A brain without a body.
00:05:33Alive.
00:05:33It's wonderful.
00:05:35It's great work, Frank.
00:05:37Congratulations.
00:05:38Terrific.
00:05:38But I'm glad it's over.
00:05:52All set, darling.
00:05:54Immediately upon removal, two electrodes fastened to cortical tissue.
00:05:58If that's for me, I'm not here.
00:06:01Hello?
00:06:03No, Dr. Shrat's not here.
00:06:05Well, I don't know about Dr. Corey.
00:06:08Oh, hold on a minute.
00:06:12Pat, it's the chief ranger.
00:06:13There's been an airplane accident.
00:06:15He thinks some of the passengers may still be alive.
00:06:17Why don't they get Frank?
00:06:18You'll be in town in a half an hour.
00:06:19That half hour might save a human life.
00:06:26This is Corey.
00:06:27I'll be glad to help.
00:06:28Where do I meet you?
00:06:31I'll be there as quickly as possible.
00:06:34Honey, take care of things.
00:06:36Notes of everything, huh?
00:06:37I'll watch every second.
00:06:38Yeah.
00:06:38Okay, boys.
00:06:56Set him down.
00:06:57Never make it to the hospital.
00:07:08What about your place, Doc?
00:07:10It's only a couple of miles.
00:07:11I don't think he has a chance, but it's worth a try.
00:07:14Okay.
00:07:15This way, fellas.
00:07:20This way, fellas.
00:07:30Still living?
00:07:31Perfect.
00:07:32Same as when you left.
00:07:33What about the wreck?
00:07:35Three dead.
00:07:35One survivor.
00:07:36He's in bad shape.
00:07:37Give me a hand with this, boys.
00:07:43Put the head right over here.
00:07:45Jan, give them scissors.
00:07:47Easy now, fellas.
00:07:48And fast as you can, cut away the clothes.
00:07:55Tunnel, help with the sheet there.
00:07:57You'll find him in the side drawer.
00:07:59Better get Frank.
00:08:00He's running a temperature.
00:08:01I think he's asleep.
00:08:02Wake him up.
00:08:03Get him.
00:08:05If you pull him through, Doc, he should be set to life.
00:08:08How do you mean?
00:08:09That's Warren H. Donovan.
00:08:10He means nothing to me.
00:08:12Supposed to be worth a hundred million.
00:08:13The sky's the limit on your feet.
00:08:15His money can't help him now.
00:08:16All right, boys.
00:08:18Thanks very much.
00:08:19That's swell.
00:08:20You can go.
00:08:25Frank will be here in a minute.
00:08:26I think we'll need your help.
00:08:27Will you get the gowns and things?
00:08:29Hurry up, Frank.
00:08:30Why weren't you in your office?
00:08:31The whole wide world is my office.
00:08:33How bad is it?
00:08:34Both legs completely gone.
00:08:35His chest is crushed.
00:08:37Tunnel, you better get into the hospital.
00:08:38If we pull him through, we'll need a lot of things.
00:08:39Right.
00:08:40I'll call you as soon as I get to town.
00:08:41We'll know for sure by then.
00:08:43We'll need adrenaline.
00:08:43I'd start plasma right now.
00:08:45Frank, you take care of the chest.
00:08:47I'll do the legs.
00:08:52Clamp.
00:08:58What's the pulse?
00:09:01None.
00:09:02I think he's gone.
00:09:04Adrenaline.
00:09:06Let Frank do it.
00:09:08Right into the heart.
00:09:09Not a flicker.
00:09:17Try massage.
00:09:24Still nothing.
00:09:27Any idea who the poor man was?
00:09:30Some millionaire named Donovan Tuttle said.
00:09:35Absolutely nothing.
00:09:36Any ideas?
00:09:44I wouldn't have wasted this much time.
00:09:49All right.
00:09:49That's that.
00:09:53Thanks for covering for me, Pat.
00:09:56Tuttle hates my guts.
00:09:57He'd love to see his brother in my job.
00:09:59When you go on back to bed, I'll tell him you were sick.
00:10:02Make out the death certificate first, though.
00:10:04That's not my department.
00:10:05Why don't I park Mr. Donovan in the garage?
00:10:10All right, thanks.
00:10:15Wait a minute.
00:10:16Hold everything.
00:10:19Watch the curtain, will you, Frank?
00:10:20Jan, give us readings.
00:10:25What's the big idea?
00:10:26Curious, that's all.
00:10:27What about it, Jan?
00:10:36There must be something wrong.
00:10:38They're indications of alpha waves.
00:10:40Not too unusual.
00:10:41Violent death, like the plane crash, organs of the body died different times.
00:10:45And his brain's still alive.
00:10:46You're right.
00:10:47The waves aren't weakening at all.
00:10:49Come on, Frank.
00:10:49I think we have time enough.
00:10:51Time for what?
00:10:52Donovan's dead, isn't he?
00:10:53Beyond all help?
00:10:55So?
00:10:55Science can use Donovan's brain.
00:10:57Hurry or we'll never make it.
00:10:58You're crazy.
00:10:59Count me out.
00:11:00It's against the law to operate on a corpse.
00:11:02It could mean jail.
00:11:02And for what?
00:11:03What do you hope to prove?
00:11:04There's no time to talk now.
00:11:05Either help me or leave me on my own.
00:11:07Please, darling, don't do it.
00:11:08Believe in me.
00:11:09Will you, baby, get the instruments out of the sterilizer?
00:11:11Very quickly, the bottom tray.
00:11:12You're wackier sober than I ever was, Crockt.
00:11:15What an idea, steaming a man's brain.
00:11:32Second success of the day.
00:11:34To Patrick Corey, doctor of science who plays Miracle Man on the side.
00:11:41Now, will you tell us why?
00:11:42Jan, please.
00:11:43Fortieth minute.
00:11:44Tissue regains color.
00:11:45Complete recovery from surgical shock.
00:11:47It's simple, Frank.
00:11:48We have blood banks, bone banks, eye banks, corneal transplants from dead to living.
00:11:52Jan, arteries resuming preoperative state at the time.
00:11:56So what?
00:11:56Preservation of tissues.
00:11:57Nothing new.
00:11:58Why risk a jail sentence for that?
00:12:00If this brain lives, maybe we can discover how it thinks.
00:12:03Impossible.
00:12:04It can't see, it can't hear, and it can't feel.
00:12:07That's correct.
00:12:07The brain itself can't.
00:12:08That's why this one feels no pain, even though still alive.
00:12:11But this brain contains all the knowledge and experience of Warren Donovan's entire life.
00:12:16In other words, all his thoughts.
00:12:17The impulses of these thoughts, then, must still be alive.
00:12:20You're just guessing, aren't you?
00:12:21Am I?
00:12:22What do you think is registering on the oscillograph?
00:12:25I'm a doctor, not an electrician.
00:12:27For all I know, that thing would move even without the brain.
00:12:29Let's see.
00:12:30Fluid level has dropped two millimeters.
00:12:33Do you suppose it could be absorbing nourishment?
00:12:35Promise me something, will you, pal?
00:12:36If anyone ever asks any questions about this, you don't even know my name.
00:12:40I promise.
00:12:41Well, see ya.
00:12:43Where are you going?
00:12:44Still 11 bottles left in that case.
00:12:46Why don't you take them home with you?
00:12:48Good idea.
00:12:49I'm supposed to be home, on duty.
00:12:52Darling, what about the stew?
00:12:54Oh, right now.
00:12:55Put in here, please.
00:12:57I'm not budging an inch as long as Mr. Donovan's brain is still alive.
00:13:0170-second hour, third day.
00:13:14Current increase, two microvolts.
00:13:18Please take it off the hook.
00:13:19Well, let's face it, darling.
00:13:24If you don't go to town, Higgins is going to come out here.
00:13:26Do you want that?
00:13:27I told you I'd see him, honey, but not now.
00:13:29Please don't stop.
00:13:33Now, if that's Higgins, keep him in the living room.
00:13:35I'll come out.
00:13:36All right, but I'm worried.
00:13:37Frank said there was talk of an autopsy.
00:13:39How are you going to explain the stitches in his head?
00:13:41I'll explain them.
00:13:42Here are your chemicals.
00:13:43Now, will you forget that thing and come on back to town with me?
00:13:46Are they performing an autopsy?
00:13:47No autopsy yet.
00:13:48It's just that this Donovan was a very important man.
00:13:50The CAA is investigating the crash.
00:13:52But the main thing is Higgins and Webster are after my neck.
00:13:55Now, will you come on back with me and get me off the spot?
00:13:58Okay, pal.
00:13:58Anything you say.
00:13:59Just give me a few minutes to shave.
00:14:00Take over, will you, dear?
00:14:02Darling, wear a tie, huh?
00:14:04If anyone thinks I was guilty of negligence, why not perform an autopsy?
00:14:18We considered that, but Mr. Donovan's family decided it wasn't necessary.
00:14:23Ah, Tuttle.
00:14:26Tuttle, didn't you tell them we did everything we could?
00:14:28There's no dispute about that.
00:14:30Then why am I here?
00:14:31Principally with regard to Dr. Shrett.
00:14:34Now, would you say...
00:14:34Would you say Dr. Shrett was or was not in condition to perform his duties?
00:14:39Dr. Shrett was in perfect condition to perform his duties, and he did.
00:14:44I tried to reach him.
00:14:45He wasn't at his office.
00:14:46Dr. Corridge, he smelled like a bar room, and Mike at the liquor store says he bought a case of that Russian stuff he lives on.
00:14:51Caviar?
00:14:54Tuttle, you're a fine ranger.
00:14:55Why don't you mind your own business?
00:14:57Mr. Webster, take my word for it, you couldn't have a more capable person in your employ than Dr. Shrett.
00:15:03Anything else, gentlemen?
00:15:05Nothing more for me.
00:15:06Mr. Donovan's son and daughter are waiting to meet you.
00:15:09Of course.
00:15:10I'll buy you a drink sometime, ranger.
00:15:14What's your version, doc?
00:15:16Did you know Donovan before?
00:15:17I asked you men to cooperate.
00:15:18I'll be back in a minute, fellas.
00:15:19Please get me on the way out.
00:15:21Thanks a lot.
00:15:21Okay, daughter.
00:15:26Mrs. Barton, Mr. Donovan, Dr. Corrie.
00:15:29Hello, doctor.
00:15:30How do you do, Dr. Corrie?
00:15:31I'm very sorry about your father.
00:15:33Well, thank you, doctor.
00:15:34My sister and I have been assured everything possible was done.
00:15:36Believe me, it was.
00:15:38Did Dad say anything before he died?
00:15:41No, he was unconscious when we got to the wreck, and he stayed that way.
00:15:46I'd say he passed on very peacefully.
00:15:48No pain.
00:15:49We wondered if any papers fell out of his pockets.
00:15:52Not that I know of.
00:15:54Are you certain?
00:15:56You notice anything?
00:15:57No.
00:15:58As I told you before, Dr. Corrie and I were concerned only with what we had to do.
00:16:02We understand.
00:16:03We're grateful to you both.
00:16:04If there's ever anything we can do to show our appreciation, please call on us anytime.
00:16:08By all means do.
00:16:09Thank you, I will.
00:16:11Good luck to you both.
00:16:15Fellas, I can't add a thing to what you already know.
00:16:18What about the rumor that Tuttle's brother will replace Dr. Shratt?
00:16:22Quote, nobody could be better in his job than Dr. Frank Shratt.
00:16:25Unquote.
00:16:26That's all, boys.
00:16:27Would you excuse me now?
00:16:28Sure, doctor.
00:16:29So far, so good.
00:16:33Hiya, doc.
00:16:33My name's Yoakum, Herbie Yoakum.
00:16:35I freelance for a living with my little brownie here.
00:16:37Came upon my own on spec to do a picture story of Donovan's death.
00:16:40Look, where do I fit in?
00:16:42He died at your house, didn't he?
00:16:43Look, doc, I'd like to get a shot at the operating table where he kicked off.
00:16:47That's a little gruesome, isn't it?
00:16:49Delicious.
00:16:50The Sunday supplements eat this stuff up.
00:16:52I got some shots of Donovan in the morgue.
00:16:54What happened to his head?
00:16:55It was a plane crash, remember?
00:16:57He had extensive injuries.
00:16:59Oh, come on, doc.
00:17:00Give me a break.
00:17:01If you do, I'll take some shots of your kids.
00:17:04All right, Yoakum, do you want to follow me into your car?
00:17:06Are you kidding?
00:17:07The finance company took it four payments back.
00:17:09Doc, you're my chauffeur.
00:17:10I just added five cc's of serum, and there was a small deviation...
00:17:19We'll talk about it later.
00:17:20Hey, good-looking lab you got here, doc.
00:17:22Oh, a heart, huh?
00:17:26Hey, a brain.
00:17:27All right, Yoakum, this is where Donovan died.
00:17:29Take your picture from over there, huh?
00:17:31Yeah, sure, doc.
00:17:33Yeah, and include us out.
00:17:40Got it?
00:17:41One more, just in case.
00:17:43Hey, how about doing a story on your stuff, doc?
00:17:45You know, it might be worth a couple hundred dollars.
00:17:48And I'll squint with you.
00:17:49No, thanks.
00:17:50What do you think you're doing?
00:17:52Oh, doc, you're rushing me.
00:17:54That one slipped.
00:17:55You know, I just lost six cents.
00:17:56That's what these bulbs cost me wholesale.
00:17:58This one ought to do it.
00:18:05All right, take him back to town, will you please, Frank?
00:18:07Well, thanks, doc.
00:18:08And if you're ever in Hollywood and need a favor, look me up.
00:18:10Yoakum, Y-O-C-U-M, the only one in the phone book.
00:18:13Bye.
00:18:20How did you ever happen to allow a thing like that?
00:18:22Oh, he wanted some pictures of where Donovan died.
00:18:24He'd already taken pictures in the morgue,
00:18:25and I was afraid he'd get suspicious if I didn't let him come here.
00:18:28What were you saying now when we came in about a deviation?
00:18:31Well, it was at 440.
00:18:32I was checking the voltage.
00:18:34Here comes another one.
00:18:34Just like the 440 one?
00:18:38Yes.
00:18:40Two identical deviations.
00:18:42Looks like a beta frequency.
00:18:43Oh, it is.
00:18:44The brain must be thinking systematically.
00:18:47Darling, you watch the screen.
00:18:48I want to try something.
00:19:00It's another deviation.
00:19:02A bigger one.
00:19:02Jan, I feel we're about to stumble onto something very important.
00:19:12For instance?
00:19:13Well, I don't know for sure, but we know the brain reacts and reacts differently.
00:19:18The next step is to find out what these reactions mean.
00:19:20Specifically, which cells are responsible for thoughts, emotions, actions.
00:19:24All right, but where do we go from there?
00:19:27Now you're asking me too much too soon.
00:19:29These answers may take years.
00:19:32By the way, how's your patience?
00:19:34What do you think?
00:19:36I think someday you'll be as famous as Madame Eve Curie.
00:19:39Well, if I'm as useful to you as she was to her husband, I'll settle for that.
00:19:43You're just as useful.
00:19:45And lots prettier.
00:19:51Oh, Pat, please go take a nap.
00:19:54Now, dear.
00:19:55You do the sleeping for both of us.
00:19:57Let me have the notes, please.
00:20:06Seventh day.
00:20:08Brain's absorption of nourishment increasing approximately one cc per hour.
00:20:13Growth and pulsations visible to naked eye.
00:20:16These impulses.
00:20:18They must mean something.
00:20:19They must.
00:20:21More notes?
00:20:23No, not now, dear.
00:20:24Pat, I'm worried about Frank.
00:20:28Why?
00:20:29He'll show up when he runs out of money.
00:20:31Don't you feel a little guilty?
00:20:33If he hadn't been here helping you, he'd have been home on duty when Tuttle called.
00:20:36Wouldn't have lost his job.
00:20:37Jan.
00:20:38Jan, when a teetotaler takes after a drunk, the drunk doesn't have a chance.
00:20:42Tuttle's been after Frank for a year now.
00:20:44Sometimes I think you're a bad influence.
00:20:46Why don't you discourage Frank from drinking?
00:20:50Oh, perhaps I'll cure Frank and every other alcoholic if I can solve the mystery of Donovan's brain.
00:20:57I think it's a matter of chemistry, how the brain thinks.
00:21:00The problem is to find out what chemical combinations are responsible for success, failure, happiness, misery.
00:21:06Sounds impossible.
00:21:07But it isn't.
00:21:08It can't be.
00:21:09There has to be a way.
00:21:12Pat, I wish you'd eat and get a good night's sleep.
00:21:15Oh, there must be some way.
00:21:16Now, this oscillograph has shown us all kinds of reactions, but what do they mean?
00:21:20Honey, you really interested in reactions?
00:21:24Are you kidding?
00:21:25Of course.
00:21:27Well, what about mine?
00:21:28It looks like we're going to spend the rest of our lives here in this room.
00:21:32All right.
00:21:32I don't miss the fresh air, and my cooking smells like carbolic acid, but there's no place in
00:21:37here for you to warm my cold feet on these long winter nights.
00:21:50Guess if we had about a hundred mirrors, we could watch the brain from every room in the
00:21:53house, couldn't we?
00:21:54If you think it'll work, I'll buy them.
00:21:56Something else will work.
00:21:58What?
00:21:59We'll give the brain a voice, and we can hear it from anywhere.
00:22:01Now, who's kidding?
00:22:02No, no, no.
00:22:03Honest, I'll show you.
00:22:04Look, go get the portable radio, will you?
00:22:06And the soldering iron.
00:22:07And a ham sandwich on rye.
00:22:16See, beautiful?
00:22:17The same electrical impulses which move the oscillograph can be turned into sound waves.
00:22:22This thing lets us see the brain think.
00:22:24The amplifier and loudspeaker let us hear.
00:22:27I only knew what I was thinking.
00:22:29Sounds spooky.
00:22:31Now, when did we get superstitious?
00:22:33I'm not really.
00:22:35I'm just a little upset.
00:22:36What about?
00:22:37Well, now that that thing works, can we go in the other room, sit in front of the fire?
00:22:41Sure, dear.
00:22:43That's what it's for.
00:22:50Welcome home, Dr. Schrapp.
00:22:52Well, it's about time you showed up.
00:22:54Can I live in your breakfast nook?
00:22:56It's been made up for days.
00:22:57How's the mastermind doing with a stolen brain?
00:23:00Take a shower, will you?
00:23:04What's that noise?
00:23:05Mr. Donovan thinking out loud.
00:23:07Oh, very funny.
00:23:09And you look like you could use a shower and a shave and some sleep.
00:23:11Thank you, Frank.
00:23:13Pat's letting himself run down like a broken clock.
00:23:15He won't listen to me.
00:23:16Look, pal.
00:23:17I've got an idea.
00:23:18The answer to everything you want to know.
00:23:20You come along fishing with me for three days and I'll solve all your problems for you.
00:23:24All right, wise guy.
00:23:25Let's have it now.
00:23:26What you need is a nice, big crystal ball.
00:23:34If you didn't have a beard, I'd kiss you for that.
00:23:37For what?
00:23:38Crystal ball.
00:23:39That's it.
00:23:40The next step.
00:23:41Clairvoyance.
00:23:41Telepathy.
00:23:42You remember the experiments at Duke University?
00:23:44One brain transmitting thoughts, the other receiving them?
00:23:49Well, don't you get it?
00:23:50Donovan's brain is sending out thoughts.
00:23:51All I have to do is use my brain to receive them.
00:23:54Well, naturally.
00:23:55Very simple.
00:23:57Darling, will you do something for me?
00:23:58Will you go into town and get back issues of magazines and newspapers?
00:24:01I want every article that has anything to do with Donovan.
00:24:04Every possible detail of his life, will you, baby, please?
00:24:07Hey, you sober enough, will you, driver?
00:24:08I'm beat.
00:24:09I'm going to take that shower you sold me on and sleep.
00:24:11I'm tired of this space patrol junk.
00:24:13All right, all right.
00:24:14Darling, will you please?
00:24:16Maybe there's something on the last issue of Muse Week.
00:24:22Despite his millions, Donovan was notoriously antagonistic
00:24:25or an organized charity.
00:24:28Hey, you read that one before.
00:24:30How about this?
00:24:32The government case against Donovan for income tax evasion
00:24:35has been an illegal snarl for years.
00:24:37Donovan carried to an extreme the independence of the self-made man.
00:24:41What belonged to him, he thought, was his and his alone.
00:24:44He scorned taxes, fought the payment of every penny.
00:24:47Treasury Department experts refused comment on how the fact that Donovan left no will
00:24:52will affect the status of their case.
00:24:54Jan, read that one again that gives his description.
00:25:02Donovan's strength was in his lined, granite-like face and piercing eyes.
00:25:06Nephritis had left him in poor physical state.
00:25:09He must have been in constant pain because he generally walked with a limp,
00:25:13his right hand soothing his aching kidney.
00:25:16A lot of walking he did with four Cadillacs.
00:25:18I could just see him now, hobbling from the mansion to his car,
00:25:22chewing on a $2 cigar and blowing smoke rings worth a nickel apiece.
00:25:28Well, thanks for everything, kid.
00:25:30Night, darling.
00:25:30Night.
00:25:31Frank.
00:25:31I'm going to catch you some nice fresh trout for breakfast.
00:25:33Want to come along?
00:25:34No, thanks.
00:25:35Somebody around here ought to get some sleep.
00:25:36See you in the morning.
00:25:38Hey, if you happen to get a message from an old lady with white hair,
00:25:41that's my great-aunt Marta.
00:25:43Say I'm out.
00:25:44Say I'm out.
00:26:14Say I'm out.
00:26:44Say I'm out.
00:27:14Say I'm out.
00:27:44Say I'm out.
00:27:46Say I'm out.
00:28:14Say I'm out.
00:28:16Say I'm out.
00:28:26Say I'm out.
00:28:28Say I'm out.
00:28:29Hey! Anybody up? Look.
00:28:32That's her role. He hasn't been to bed.
00:28:37She should have married a mattress tester.
00:28:42Pat? Pat?
00:28:46Now, this is silly. Why didn't you come to bed?
00:28:49What happened?
00:28:51A remarkable occurrence, Dr. Gorey. A thoroughly exhausted man fell asleep.
00:28:55Now, look. Why don't we put this on a sensible basis?
00:28:57Now that Frank's living here, we can take turns.
00:29:00And that way we won't miss a thing and we can still keep our health.
00:29:05Would you write this?
00:29:10No.
00:29:12Frank? Is this one of your gags? Did you pull this after I fell asleep?
00:29:16No. So help me, Pat. How could I? I was busy catching our breakfast.
00:29:27What is it, Daryl?
00:29:34Where's that picture of Donovan's signature?
00:29:36I think it's on Newsweek.
00:29:38Newsweek?
00:29:39Give us a hand, will you, Frank?
00:29:46Here it is.
00:29:47We've done it.
00:29:53Contact with Donovan's brain at last.
00:29:57I wonder who Fuller is.
00:30:06Hi, flower girl.
00:30:07You finally remembered how bright the sunshine is.
00:30:10I can't seem to make contact today, so I'm going to check around and try to find out who Fuller is.
00:30:15I wish you'd stay close by.
00:30:17Of course, darling.
00:30:17Won't miss a thing.
00:30:29THE END
00:30:59Why aren't you in the laboratory?
00:31:12I told you to watch the oscillograph until I return.
00:31:15Don't talk to me like that.
00:31:16Well, then do as I tell you.
00:31:17Why don't you stop fooling yourself? You're not kidding me.
00:31:21You don't believe that Donovan and Corey have arrived at a meeting of minds?
00:31:25Not in a million years.
00:31:27You're a blind shrap.
00:31:29You're a blind shrapnel.
00:31:35Report, please.
00:31:37Constant low. Same as when you left.
00:31:40Fabulous.
00:31:58Look.
00:31:59See the difference?
00:32:05Now look at the oscillograph.
00:32:08The brain's falling asleep.
00:32:11That's good.
00:32:12Let's go in the living room, hmm?
00:32:14All right, dear.
00:32:15Pat, Frank and I had a long talk when you were out.
00:32:43Uh-oh.
00:32:44We decided that you're carrying this thing too far.
00:32:48Too far?
00:32:50Darling, this is only the beginning.
00:32:52Do you remember our conversation when you came in?
00:32:54Conversation?
00:32:56Oh, very vaguely.
00:32:58And you think that's a sign of a healthy mind?
00:33:00Look, Pat, we're both doctors.
00:33:02We understand auto-suggestion, self-hypnosis.
00:33:04Darling, don't you see?
00:33:06The limp, the tone of voice.
00:33:08You're imitating Donovan subconsciously.
00:33:10Even to practicing his signature with your left hand.
00:33:13Jan, please.
00:33:14We read you every detail of Donovan's life,
00:33:17and you're so anxious to see this crazy experiment succeed.
00:33:19What do I have to do to convince you both
00:33:21this Donovan business is on the level?
00:33:24You'll never convince me.
00:33:25I expect you any day to send me out for a box of $2 cigars.
00:33:28You told us that there was an experiment,
00:33:30an investigation of human emotions,
00:33:32a search for happiness.
00:33:33It is, it is all those things,
00:33:35but human emotions exist way deep in the mind.
00:33:39So far, I've only managed
00:33:40the superficial communication with the brain.
00:33:43Oh, you're off your rocker, pal.
00:33:44You're way past the brain.
00:33:46You're looking for the soul.
00:33:47You're out of your department.
00:33:49That's why I tell you you're kidding yourself,
00:33:50and if you're not, if you are on the level,
00:33:52then you're trying to play God.
00:33:54Oh, Frank.
00:33:55You know I couldn't have gotten this far
00:33:57without God's help.
00:34:01That wins this round, chum.
00:34:03But you wait.
00:34:07Uh, did you measure today's increase in size?
00:34:10No, not yet.
00:34:12I'd better do it.
00:34:14I'll be back in a few minutes.
00:34:20Seems so sincere.
00:34:23The mind's a funny thing, Jan.
00:34:26This Jekyll and Hyde thing, it's weird.
00:34:29You want me to end it?
00:34:30How do you mean?
00:34:31You tell me when, and we'll have an accident.
00:34:34A fuse in the garage will pop,
00:34:35and five minutes later, we'll bury Donovan's brain.
00:34:39Much as I'd like it, I...
00:34:41I want Pat to be the one to say when.
00:34:43What do you think?
00:34:46Come on.
00:35:11Janice, pack my suitcase.
00:35:22And I'll want the tape recorder.
00:35:24Where are you going?
00:35:25To the city.
00:35:27Why?
00:35:27For how long?
00:35:28When did you...
00:35:29Please don't interrupt my train of thought.
00:35:31While I'm away, increase nourishment to the brain half a pint a day.
00:35:35Frank, order a taxi.
00:35:37Then call the airport and charter a private plane.
00:35:41THE END
00:36:11Yes, sir?
00:36:32Sweet 612.
00:36:34It's not occupied.
00:36:35612, it's available.
00:36:37For how long?
00:36:38A week at least, possibly longer.
00:36:42Dr. Corey, it's nice having you with us.
00:36:44Incidentally, the rate on 612 is 75 a day.
00:36:48My friend, Mr. W.H. Donovan, said the rate would be 50.
00:36:51Oh?
00:36:52That was for Mr. Donovan confidential, we thought.
00:36:56However...
00:36:57However, the rate will be $50.
00:36:59Have the boy take my bags upstairs.
00:37:01I'll be back later.
00:37:06Hi, Doc.
00:37:07Remember me?
00:37:09Hey, don't tell me you forgot Herbie Yoakam.
00:37:12Oh, hello, Yoakam.
00:37:13Just telephoned your house.
00:37:14Thought maybe I'd run out and pay you a visit, but the missus said you were checking in here.
00:37:17Call me here later this afternoon, Yoakam.
00:37:19I'm late for an appointment now.
00:37:22Yeah, sure.
00:37:23I'm late for an appointment now.
00:37:24I'm late for an appointment now.
00:37:25I'm late for an appointment now.
00:37:26I'm late for an appointment now.
00:37:27I'm late for an appointment now.
00:37:28I'm late for an appointment now.
00:37:29I'm late for an appointment now.
00:37:30I'm late for an appointment now.
00:37:31I'm late for an appointment now.
00:37:32I'm late for an appointment now.
00:37:33I'm late for an appointment now.
00:37:34I'm late for an appointment now.
00:37:35I'm late for an appointment now.
00:37:36I'm late for an appointment now.
00:37:37I'm late for an appointment now.
00:37:38I'm late for an appointment now.
00:37:39I'm late for an appointment now.
00:37:40I'm late for an appointment now.
00:37:41I'm late for an appointment now.
00:37:42I'm late for an appointment now.
00:37:43I'm late for an appointment now.
00:37:44I'm late for an appointment now.
00:37:45You'll have to see the manager, Mr. McNish.
00:38:15Yes?
00:38:16I was sent to you about this.
00:38:22Effie, you have identification, doctor?
00:38:26Yes, certainly.
00:38:27Effie, will you get me the signature card and the Roger Hines account and the ledger sheet,
00:38:31please?
00:38:32Yes, sir.
00:38:33Have you known Mr. Hines long, doctor?
00:38:36Does it matter?
00:38:37Well, as a matter of fact, to my knowledge, he's never been in the bank.
00:38:40Naturally, we're a bit curious about him.
00:38:43All his deposits and withdrawals have been made by mail.
00:38:46We all have our idiosyncrasies, Mr. McNish.
00:38:53How do you wish to have this cashed, doctor?
00:38:55Mostly thousands, some hundreds and a few fifties.
00:38:58Well, that will just about close the account.
00:39:00I wouldn't know about that.
00:39:02Do you have an office here in the city, doctor?
00:39:04No.
00:39:05I'm visiting at the townhouse.
00:39:06Oh, I see.
00:39:07There you are, sir.
00:39:08Twenty-seven thousand dollars.
00:39:09May I have an envelope, please?
00:39:10Certainly, sir.
00:39:11And if you'd care to open an account...
00:39:13Oh, thank you, Mr. McNish.
00:39:15Oh, thank you, Mr. McNish.
00:39:16Good day, sir.
00:39:17Thank you, Mr. McNish.
00:39:18Good day, sir.
00:39:20Get me the Treasury Department.
00:39:21Bureau of Investigation and Mr. Brooke.
00:39:22Yes.
00:39:23Yes.
00:39:24Thank you, Mr. McNish.
00:39:25Thank you, Mr. McNish.
00:39:26May I have an envelope, please?
00:39:27Certainly, sir.
00:39:28And if you'd care to open an account...
00:39:29Oh, thank you, Mr. McNish.
00:39:31Good day, sir.
00:39:32Get me the Treasury Department.
00:39:38Bureau of Investigation and Mr. Brooke.
00:39:43Yes.
00:39:44Yes.
00:39:54Do you have this equipment on hand?
00:39:56Yeah, I think so.
00:39:57I want immediate delivery to that address.
00:39:59If you don't have a truck, hire one.
00:40:01I don't know about that.
00:40:02I'll pay double the usual hauling rate with a hundred dollar bonus for the men on the truck.
00:40:05How much do I owe you?
00:40:07I'll have to figure it out.
00:40:08Rough guess will be good enough.
00:40:10Well, I'd say, uh, with the tax, that'd be pretty close to eight thousand dollars.
00:40:17Your firm will absorb the tax, or I'll use my professional connections to make the purchase wholesale, understand?
00:40:21Have the driver give the change to Mrs. Corey.
00:40:24Fifty dollars of that is for you.
00:40:33What can I do for you, sir?
00:40:35I was sent by W. H. Donovan.
00:40:37Do you have any blue serge with a thin pinstripe?
00:40:40Yes, sir, we certainly do.
00:40:41We've just ordered a bolt especially for Mr. Donovan shortly before the accident.
00:40:46I'll take half a dozen suits.
00:40:47Certainly, sir.
00:40:48I want the first one in the morning.
00:40:50That's impossible, sir.
00:40:52Not if you put one tailor on the coat, another on the trousers, and have both work all night.
00:40:56Now, let's get on with my measurements.
00:40:58Mr. Nathaniel Fuller, please.
00:41:01Mr. Fuller is in conference.
00:41:02He'll be tied up until after lunch.
00:41:03Tell him a friend of W. H. Donovan wants to see him.
00:41:07Say it's urgent.
00:41:08But...
00:41:09Go on.
00:41:10Excuse me, Mr. Fuller.
00:41:11Can I do it anyway?
00:41:12Oh, thank you.
00:41:13Ask my wife.
00:41:14I love my friends.
00:41:15Mr. George and I don't know.
00:41:16Mr. Nathaniel Fuller, please.
00:41:26Mr. Fuller is in conference. He'll be tied up until after lunch.
00:41:29Tell him a friend of W.H. Donovan wants to see him.
00:41:32Say it's urgent.
00:41:33But...
00:41:34Go on.
00:41:39Excuse me, Mr. Fuller.
00:41:41But there's a gentleman here, a friend of Mr. W.H. Donovan's.
00:41:45He says it's urgent.
00:41:46Who is he?
00:41:47Dr. Patrick Corey.
00:41:49Dr. Patrick Corey.
00:41:51Corey?
00:41:53Tell him to come back some other time.
00:41:56Fuller, I have a message for you from Warren Donovan.
00:42:00You'll see me now.
00:42:01Sorry, Mr. Fuller.
00:42:04Have Mr. Corey come in.
00:42:07The first door.
00:42:08Now, Mr. Corey, what is so urgent?
00:42:17It's Dr. Corey.
00:42:19Mr. Fuller, I want you to put through a phone call to Mr. Donovan's Washington connection.
00:42:25Tell him to leave Washington tonight by plane.
00:42:27You and he will be in my suite.
00:42:306.12 at the townhouse.
00:42:32At 11 o'clock tomorrow morning.
00:42:34I don't know what you're talking about, Dr. Corey.
00:42:36Do you know who I am?
00:42:39Frankly, no.
00:42:40Mr. Donovan died in my home.
00:42:43Oh, that's right.
00:42:45No wonder your name sounded slightly familiar.
00:42:48However, I doubted Mr. Donovan's connection, as you refer to him,
00:42:53would drop his official duties and come out here on my say-so.
00:42:56He will when you tell him that certain checks endorsed by him are in my possession.
00:43:00He still wants them, doesn't he?
00:43:02I'll see you here, Dr. Corey.
00:43:04Yes, Mr. Fuller.
00:43:13You recognize the handwriting?
00:43:15Yes, but...
00:43:16Then follow my instructions, Mr. Fuller.
00:43:19Aren't there certain checks with your endorsement, too?
00:43:25See you in the morning, Mr. Fuller.
00:43:27Suite 612.
00:43:36Get me the long distance operator.
00:43:38I want to make a person-to-person call to Washington.
00:43:41Yes, sir.
00:43:42612, please.
00:43:50Yes, sir.
00:44:12Room service?
00:44:25This is 612.
00:44:27Send up a thick steak.
00:44:29Porterhouse, rare, charred.
00:44:30Asparagus, hollandaise, celery hearts, crisp.
00:44:33Olives, large ones.
00:44:35That's right.
00:44:36No coffee, no milk.
00:44:42Dr. Corey, my name is Brooke.
00:44:48Mr. Smith and I are investigators assigned to the Treasury Department.
00:44:51May we come in?
00:44:52Yes, come in.
00:44:53Yeah.
00:44:55You gentlemen don't waste any time, do you?
00:44:57Sit down.
00:44:58You're right, Doctor.
00:44:59And we won't waste time.
00:45:01Ours or yours.
00:45:02Where did you get the $27,000 check you cashed this morning?
00:45:05I see no reason to answer that question.
00:45:07That's a surprising attitude, Doctor.
00:45:10Ordinarily, I'd be glad to tell you.
00:45:11But it so happens the money is financing a research project of mine.
00:45:15The backer has said he'd withdraw if his connection became known.
00:45:18Can you arrange for us to meet this, Mr. Hines?
00:45:21Well, respect his confidence.
00:45:23Next time I see him, I'll be glad to relay your request.
00:45:28Well, Doctor, we've been instructed to tell you a little more about this situation.
00:45:32Thanks.
00:45:32I'm not interested.
00:45:33Would you be interested in finding yourself on trial as an accessory to tax fraud,
00:45:37prosecuted by the government of the United States?
00:45:39If you'll give me your card, Mr. Brooke, I'll have my attorney get in touch with you.
00:45:43We'd appreciate that, Doctor.
00:45:45Incidentally, what's your attorney's name?
00:45:47It's unimportant.
00:45:48He'll introduce himself when he calls.
00:45:49Room service.
00:45:50Come in.
00:45:52Well, gentlemen.
00:45:53Well, run along, Doctor.
00:45:54And please.
00:45:55We'd rather you keep in touch with us than for us to have to keep in touch with you.
00:45:59Say we'll be ready in a moment, sir.
00:46:14Hiya, Doc.
00:46:15Really living it up, huh?
00:46:17What is it, Yoakum?
00:46:18Remember, Doc, I told you I was broke?
00:46:20Well, I wrote an article, and I think it's going to get me a little loop.
00:46:22You mean the one on Mr. Donovan?
00:46:24Well, sort of, but I got a new slant on it.
00:46:26And it's a billy.
00:46:27How does that concern me?
00:46:28Oh, I thought maybe you'd like to see it.
00:46:31Good title.
00:46:31Dead Man's Living Brain.
00:46:34Is the brain still alive?
00:46:39Yes.
00:46:40Hey, that's good.
00:46:40Some editor might want proof.
00:46:43I can get ten grand for that.
00:46:45It's worth it.
00:46:46Oh, you really think it's good, huh?
00:46:48It was a good guess, Yoakum, that's all.
00:46:50Nah, the public don't care about that.
00:46:52Man, I got pictures.
00:46:53Look, here's Donovan in the morgue.
00:46:56I took the bandages off so you can see the stitches.
00:47:00Here's Donovan spraying your lab.
00:47:02Gee, the missus looks pretty, doesn't she?
00:47:04That's the one I thought was going to cost me six cents.
00:47:09Well, Yoakum, why go off half-cocked in this thing?
00:47:13I mean, why not forget this article for a while,
00:47:15and then when the experiment's completed, I'll collaborate with you.
00:47:17Well, that's swell, Doc, but what do I live on in the meantime?
00:47:20Do you make me a small advancement?
00:47:23How small?
00:47:24Oh, say, a couple of grand?
00:47:27Makes you think I have that kind of money.
00:47:29I just happened to be around the bank when you picked up a bundle.
00:47:33I see.
00:47:36Pretty sharp, aren't you?
00:47:39Yoakum, have you ever been in trouble?
00:47:43Not your kind of trouble, no.
00:47:44You know, stealing a dead man's brain is quite a wrap.
00:47:48A cousin of mine's a lawyer.
00:47:50He says it's a five-year stretch, besides losing your medical license.
00:47:55How do I reach you in case I want to get in touch?
00:47:57Like I told you.
00:47:59Yoakum, Herbie Yoakum.
00:48:00The only one in the phone book.
00:48:02Oh, and keep the copies, I got plenty.
00:48:04And picture negatives, too.
00:48:06See you next week, pal.
00:48:08Next month.
00:48:09Well, that depends on how long this lasts.
00:48:12Happy days, Doc.
00:48:14So long, pal.
00:48:21Give me the desk.
00:48:24This is Dr. Corey in 612.
00:48:26Call Morton Flying Service and charter a plane to take me to Green Valley.
00:48:31No, I'll keep the suite.
00:48:32I'm coming back in the morning.
00:48:33I'm coming back in the morning.
00:48:38Isn't that the slightest sign of decay?
00:48:56None.
00:48:57I've never seen healthier tissue.
00:48:58It's growing larger by the day.
00:49:04Wonder if he'll be himself.
00:49:05I doubt it.
00:49:06It's my guess he's losing himself.
00:49:08That's what worries me.
00:49:15Look.
00:49:17Hmm.
00:49:18I wonder what effect it's having on him.
00:49:21Let's go see.
00:49:35Hmm.
00:49:38Hello, Frank.
00:49:50Darling.
00:49:53Do you control it or does that control you?
00:49:57I wouldn't call it control.
00:49:59I'd say I make my mind receptive, submit to the brain's will.
00:50:05The brain takes over, that's all.
00:50:08You know, a strange thing happened this afternoon.
00:50:11I was sitting in front of the brain, concentrating, like you do.
00:50:15Only to tell the truth, I was wishing that thing would die.
00:50:19When suddenly my head began to swim and I had an eerie feeling that that thing was reading my mind.
00:50:25That must be the equipment I ordered.
00:50:31That must be the equipment I ordered.
00:50:40Dr. Corey?
00:50:41That's right.
00:50:42Now I supply.
00:50:43Oh, yes.
00:50:44How would you like us to uncreate the stuff outside?
00:50:46Why mess up the house?
00:50:47Good idea.
00:50:48I'll open the back door.
00:50:49Now it's closer to the lab.
00:50:50Okay, Doc.
00:50:58What kind of equipment?
00:51:00Where did you get the money?
00:51:01Well, don't worry about that, dear.
00:51:03Now let's see.
00:51:05There's an automatic feeder which can nourish the brain for a year.
00:51:09Amplifiers for increasing the brain's output.
00:51:12Thermostatic temperature control.
00:51:14Plus a generator and changeover gimmicks which can supply power in case something happens to the regular power supply.
00:51:21Might as well get it installed now.
00:51:29I don't like it, Jan.
00:51:33He says he submits.
00:51:34What happens if he can't stop submitting?
00:51:37But could that happen?
00:51:38Why not?
00:51:39That's why it has to stop right now.
00:51:41Don't talk to him about it till morning, Frank.
00:51:43Needs a good night's sleep.
00:51:45It's a little late for a talk, Jan.
00:54:03I'm sorry, Frank.
00:54:07Give me your word not to interfere again.
00:54:09I was only trying to save you from yourself, pal.
00:54:12Did I ever try to stop you from having a drink?
00:54:14This is different.
00:54:15It's unnatural.
00:54:17Unholy.
00:54:17Well, if it is, we'll let a higher power decide when it should end.
00:54:21Cigar counter.
00:54:22Cigar counter.
00:54:38Here, this is Dr. Corey and 612, send me some Upman cigars.
00:54:43Here's a box of 50 Supremes.
00:54:44Here's a box of 50 Supremes.
00:54:44Here's a box of 50 Supremes.
00:54:44Here's a box of 50 Supremes.
00:54:45Send out and get them.
00:54:47Come in.
00:54:49Well, Mr. Advisor himself.
00:54:55Did you have a pleasant flight, sir?
00:54:57Yes.
00:54:58Well, sit down, gentlemen.
00:54:59Make yourselves comfortable.
00:55:00I'm sure we've never met, but there's something about you.
00:55:08Perhaps it's the suit.
00:55:10Would you gentlemen have some coffee?
00:55:11That's it.
00:55:12The suit.
00:55:13Like Donovan's.
00:55:14But why, Dr. Corey?
00:55:15Does it matter?
00:55:17Now then, it is my understanding that in exchange for certain considerations,
00:55:22you and your Washington connections would handle Mr. Donovan's tax situation in such a way that...
00:55:26Donovan's dead, Dr. Corey, and that seems to me...
00:55:29As I was saying, in such a way that the statute of limitations would ultimately cause the government's case to be thrown out.
00:55:36Now you may talk.
00:55:38Donovan's death released me from any agreement I may have had.
00:55:41You're mistaken.
00:55:42Certain checks endorsed by you ensure that agreement.
00:55:49Try to understand my position, Dr. Corey.
00:55:52I'd felt dirty for many years.
00:55:54Here was my chance to...
00:55:56Well, I went to my friend, the Attorney General.
00:55:59And offered to cooperate in exchange for personal immunity.
00:56:03So you turned on your most powerful backer.
00:56:05It's a very touching story.
00:56:08Be that as it may, you will not clean your conscience at Mr. Donovan's expense.
00:56:12Is that clear?
00:56:14Come in.
00:56:18Oh, yes, yes.
00:56:20Thank you, thank you.
00:56:21Cigar.
00:56:24No, thank you.
00:56:25Mr. Fuller.
00:56:28Another reminder, like the suit.
00:56:30You put it very nicely, sir.
00:56:32Well?
00:56:33The Attorney General cannot allow me to reverse my present stand.
00:56:37That, of course, is your problem.
00:56:39As I understand it, it requires a quarter of a million dollars to continue with your original plan.
00:56:44The money will be in your office on the date Mr. Donovan said it would.
00:56:49As usual in cash.
00:56:51I suggest, Mr. Advisor, that you carry on.
00:56:54Is our procedure perfectly clear?
00:57:00Perfectly.
00:57:02I'm glad we understand each other.
00:57:04Gentlemen.
00:57:34Operator, this is an emergency.
00:57:41Get me Green Valley.
00:57:43114, please.
00:57:44Hurry.
00:57:48What?
00:57:49Circuits are busy.
00:57:51But keep trying.
00:57:52You can't be busy forever.
00:58:02Still busy?
00:58:04Oh, Janice.
00:58:06I've been trying to reach you, but the line is busy.
00:58:09Darling, I ache all over with pain, and I don't know why.
00:58:14I don't know how long it's been, but I can't seem to break contact with Donovan.
00:58:18Now, listen carefully.
00:58:19I don't know that I'll ever be myself again.
00:58:21Oh, the line will only open.
00:58:27Well, keep trying.
00:58:29Janice, listen carefully.
00:58:31I've got to break away from the brain.
00:58:33I may have to do something desperate.
00:58:35I don't know.
00:58:37We have to end this thing.
00:58:39We'll have to take a wild chance.
00:58:41Now, you know the lightning rod on the roof of the house?
00:58:42Yes.
00:59:06Come on.
00:59:09Pansy!
00:59:27Turn right on Wilshire.
00:59:39Turn right on Wilshire.
01:00:09There's a gray sedan following us. A hundred dollars if you lose it.
01:00:13You're the wrong boy, buddy. This is my bread and butter.
01:00:23Hey!
01:00:39Hey!
01:00:43Hey!
01:00:45Hey!
01:00:47Hey!
01:00:49Hey!
01:00:51Hey!
01:00:53Hey!
01:00:55Hey!
01:00:57Hey!
01:00:59Hey!
01:01:01Hey!
01:01:03Hey!
01:01:05Hey!
01:01:07Hey!
01:01:09Hey!
01:01:11Hey!
01:01:17Hey!
01:01:19Hey!
01:01:21Hey!
01:01:23Hey!
01:01:25Oh, darling.
01:01:50Mrs. Corrie?
01:01:52Dr. Crane?
01:01:53Is he out of danger?
01:01:55He's in no danger, Mrs. Corrie.
01:01:57The concussion was very mild.
01:01:59The leg was severely bruised and twisted out of joint.
01:02:02Just minor injuries.
01:02:03I doubt if he'll be here a week.
01:02:05I feel so much better.
01:02:07Your husband's an amazing man.
01:02:09He's shown absolutely no sign of pain.
01:02:12Oh?
01:02:13We like to minimize the use of sedatives.
01:02:15I know. I used to be a nurse.
01:02:17The entire staff is baffled.
01:02:19We can't understand.
01:02:20I think Pat does.
01:02:23One day he'll explain it to you.
01:02:26If he can, he'll amaze me.
01:02:31Well, Mrs. Corrie, he seems to be waking up.
01:02:33I'll leave him to you.
01:02:35Darling.
01:02:49Darling.
01:02:53What happened?
01:02:56I'm in such pain.
01:03:00It's a hospital.
01:03:01You were in an accident.
01:03:03You'll be all right in a few days.
01:03:08Jan, this is unbelievable.
01:03:10It's very vague, but...
01:03:12I think I deliberately walked into that accident.
01:03:16But why?
01:03:17I don't know.
01:03:18Get away from someone, I think.
01:03:21I needed time.
01:03:24Time.
01:03:24Time.
01:03:24I'm a little scared.
01:03:28Several times I've tried to break contact with Donovan.
01:03:31I haven't been able to.
01:03:34I did once, I think.
01:03:36I did some recording on the tape at the hotel.
01:03:41Let me tell Frank to turn off the current.
01:03:43New apparatus may be too strong.
01:03:45No, I have him turn it down ten microvolts.
01:03:47What are you doing here?
01:04:07Why aren't you at home?
01:04:10But there aren't you.
01:04:12Go on home where you belong.
01:04:13Go on, get out.
01:04:14Get out.
01:04:17I'll be there in a few days.
01:04:24Anything you say.
01:04:47Hello?
01:04:58Yes, I'll accept the call.
01:05:00Hello, Jan.
01:05:02Frank, I don't know what to do.
01:05:04Even Pat's worried.
01:05:05He doesn't seem to be able to throw off the influence of the brain.
01:05:08I was afraid that would happen.
01:05:10Brain has hardly quieted down since he left.
01:05:13He wants you to turn the current down ten microvolts.
01:05:15Do it, will you?
01:05:16And do something else for me, please.
01:05:18I want to stay here in the hospital waiting room.
01:05:21The number of the phone is Adams 3-9105.
01:05:24Call me whenever the brain goes to sleep.
01:05:26I've got to talk to Pat again when he's himself.
01:05:28Sure.
01:05:29Good idea.
01:05:30Will do.
01:05:30It's the next door.
01:05:48No.
01:05:49Bye.
01:05:50Bye.
01:05:51Bye.
01:05:51Bye.
01:05:56Bye.
01:05:56Bye.
01:05:57Bye.
01:05:57Bye.
01:05:57Bye.
01:05:57Bye.
01:05:58Bye.
01:05:58Bye.
01:05:59Dr. Corey, we don't understand what you're trying to do.
01:06:23Well, did Mr. Fuller explain?
01:06:24It made no sense. Father's dead.
01:06:26Don't you see? Tom and I want to cooperate with the government.
01:06:28They're entitled to the back taxes they want.
01:06:30How dare you criticize my behavior?
01:06:33Aren't we entitled to the truth?
01:06:35It's a terrible thing to say.
01:06:37But Dad was an awful man, better off dead.
01:06:41His possessiveness, ugly suspicions drove Mother nearly insane.
01:06:45He had her committed to an institution because she tried to take her own life.
01:06:49It took his death for us to get Mother out.
01:06:51So you hated him, too.
01:06:53I loathed him.
01:06:55Most people loathed him.
01:06:57Get them out of here, Fuller.
01:06:58See that neither of them gets another dime.
01:07:01Impossible, Doctor.
01:07:02Not at all.
01:07:03I have a signed document to that effect.
01:07:05It'll be on your desk in the morning.
01:07:07Now, you parasitic ingrates, get out.
01:07:11I'm going to wash them for my face.
01:07:26Oh, my God.
01:07:29Oh, my God.
01:07:29Oh, my God.
01:07:30Oh, my God.
01:07:31Oh, my God.
01:07:32Hey, Doc. I read about your accident. How do you feel?
01:07:45All right.
01:07:46Going to sue the company with the truck that hit you?
01:07:48I hadn't thought of it.
01:07:49Let me handle it. My other cousin's an M.D.
01:07:51He and the other cousin, you remember the one I told you about as a lawyer?
01:07:53They'll rig you up a great case.
01:07:55You came here for that?
01:07:57Well, not exactly, Doc. I figured out another advance.
01:08:02How much this time?
01:08:03Same amount. Two grand.
01:08:05It's been less than a week.
01:08:07I know, but, Doc, I was in a hard cup to my eyeballs, and I had to buy a car.
01:08:12How long does this go on?
01:08:13Oh, just till the article's published.
01:08:19Tell you what, Joachim. Why don't you get your camera, drive out to the ranch, and take some more pictures of the brain?
01:08:24Hey, that's a swell idea, and I need some closer shots.
01:08:26You could leave right now. I'll phone Shrat and tell him to give you a hand.
01:08:30Swell. I'll get the money out of your pocket.
01:08:36Ah, Doc, you're a real pal.
01:08:40Well, better get on with it. See you.
01:08:49Hear me, Green Valley 114.
01:08:51Jan?
01:09:03Oh, hello, Pat. Good to hear your voice.
01:09:06Where's Janice? Why isn't she there with you?
01:09:08We're out of groceries, pal. She's gone downtown.
01:09:13Now, listen, Frank.
01:09:14You know the photographer, Joachim?
01:09:16He's on his way there right now.
01:09:19Leave him in the lab alone.
01:09:21Understand?
01:09:22Ten minutes alone.
01:09:25Yeah.
01:09:26The brain?
01:09:27Perfect. Great.
01:09:29Bigger and better every day.
01:09:31Good work, Frank.
01:09:32Thanks.
01:09:33Thanks.
01:09:33Thanks.
01:09:33Thanks.
01:09:33Thanks.
01:09:35Thanks.
01:09:36Thanks.
01:09:37Thanks.
01:09:38Thanks.
01:09:39Thanks.
01:09:40Thanks.
01:09:41Thanks.
01:09:42Thanks.
01:09:43Thanks.
01:09:44Thanks.
01:09:45Thanks.
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01:09:49Thanks.
01:09:50Thanks.
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01:09:52Thanks.
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01:10:00Thanks.
01:10:01Thanks.
01:10:02Thanks.
01:10:03Thanks.
01:14:52Good day, sir.
01:14:53Good day, sir.
01:16:46I'm
01:16:55It's a gamble.
01:16:58You don't have him now, anyway.
01:17:04Frank.
01:17:05It has to be done, Jan.
01:17:16Welcome home, darling.
01:17:19Well, I'm happy to be here.
01:17:21I missed you, my dear.
01:17:23My friend Yochum show up?
01:17:25Frank saw him.
01:17:26Too bad about the accident.
01:17:28Yes.
01:17:29Tuttle told us they just found him.
01:17:31How did you know?
01:17:33I must have heard it somewhere.
01:17:34I haven't seen you in so long, darling.
01:17:36I mean, couldn't we take a little walk or something?
01:17:39Look as though you hadn't had a breath of fresh air in days.
01:17:41A walk?
01:17:41Of course.
01:17:42The exercise will do you good.
01:17:44Besides, you'll work up an appetite.
01:17:46Please, ma'am.
01:17:46Oh, but, Janice, surely it's going to rain.
01:17:48And besides...
01:17:49All right, my dear.
01:17:52Let's take a walk.
01:18:03Smell the rain, honey?
01:18:05Fresh the air is before a shower.
01:18:07You know, Janice, you were always a very devoted wife.
01:18:10You were.
01:18:10I still am.
01:18:13And you've been a wonderful husband.
01:18:15Thank you, my dear.
01:18:16Pat, look at me.
01:18:18Look at me, please.
01:18:19What?
01:18:20Look at me, Penny.
01:18:21You can be free if you have faith.
01:18:23Patrick...
01:18:23What is this idiocy, Janice?
01:18:26All right.
01:18:27We can stop pretending now.
01:18:29You're not Patrick Corey.
01:18:30You're something evil living in his body.
01:18:33But whatever your plan is, you'll never get away with it.
01:18:36The experiment's over.
01:18:38You're right.
01:18:38It is over.
01:18:39From now on, Warren Donovan's a living fact.
01:18:42There's no further need for the instruments who gave him life.
01:18:44The services of Shrat, Corey, and yourself are no longer required.
01:18:50Then you'll be the one to go, Mr. Donovan.
01:18:52Just as you should have gone weeks ago.
01:18:59No!
01:19:00What are you doing?
01:19:02No!
01:19:02Let go of me!
01:19:02Let go!
01:19:03No!
01:19:03Let go!
01:19:07Don't!
01:19:14Are you all right?
01:19:19Yes, Jan.
01:19:23I'm so glad.
01:19:34Let's go inside.
01:19:44Frank!
01:20:00Surprised?
01:20:02You forgot, my dear, that you and Frank are ordinary people with limited mental capacities.
01:20:08You couldn't possibly compete with a fully developed, powerful brain.
01:20:14Thanks to Dr. Patrick Corey, Donovan's brain will live, thrive, and continue to grow far
01:20:21beyond the body of Dr. Corey.
01:20:23It is already able to exist in anybody, anywhere it will.
01:20:29Knowing this, you now know too much.
01:20:33So look at my brain, my dear.
01:20:36Your last look.
01:20:38I promise it will not be a painful one.
01:20:40I promise it will not be a painful one.
01:21:06I promise it will not be a painful one.
01:22:07They end this thing by hooking the lightning rod into the power supply.
01:22:10They know that, don't they?
01:22:11It's all on the tape recorder, Mrs. Corey.
01:22:13Of course, a great deal will hinge on the decision of the medical board as to the ethics of the experiment and the validity of the results.
01:22:20Well, we'll get turned around.
01:22:22Mr. Brooke has a police, dear.
01:22:28Did you find the files on last year?
01:22:30Everything, all charts and notes were covered on practically every minute since we first started researching.
01:22:35Thanks to you, dear.
01:22:36Hurry back.
01:22:38I'll try.
01:22:39But they can't blame you.
01:22:40They can't.
01:22:41Jan, I went into this with my eyes open, but it got out of hand and I did many foolish things.
01:22:46Things that made other people suffer.
01:22:48I'm only grateful the storm struck when it did and that Frank survived.
01:22:52Will he be well enough to help you testify?
01:22:54I hope so.
01:22:56Maybe if everything works out, they can use another country doctor around here.
01:23:00No, dear.
01:23:01You're a scientist.
01:23:03And always will be.
01:23:04I love you very much.
01:23:07Let's go, pal.
01:23:08Let's go, pal.
01:23:08Let's go.
01:23:24Let's go, pal.
01:23:48Let's go, pal.
01:23:49Let's go, pal.
01:23:50Let's go, pal.
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