Donovan's Brain 1953 (Kino)
Scientist saves the brain of hateful millionaire. As the brain gains power the millionaire's evil personality takes over the scientist. As Joe Dante points out in Trailers from Hell, it's unusual for the period, to have a capitalist villain, which makes this stand out from the usual commie bashing crowd. Lew Ayres is excellent in a dual personality role, the B&W photography is sharp and the film has interesting characters. Very light on action but still kept me interested.
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