The Brain That Wouldn't Die

The Brain That Wouldn't Die

1962 | 1h 22m | Horror, Science Fiction | TV-PG

Brief Synopsis

A scientist keeps his fiancée's severed head alive until he can find a new body for her.

Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Joseph Green

CAST

Jason Evers

Virginia Leith

Anthony La Penna

Adele Lamont

PRODUCERS

Rex Carlton

WRITERS

Joseph Green

Host Intros

01:58
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962)
Intro Aired: Oct 2015
Ben Mankiewicz introduces The Brain That Wouldnt Die, 1962.

Related Videos

Brain That Wouldn't Die, The -- (Movie Clip) Winding Road
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Doctor Bill (Herb Evers) and pretty fiance` Jan (Virginia Leith) hurry into a wreck in which she is sadly decapitated, which doesn't deter his rescue attempt, in The Brain That Wouldn't Die, 1962.
Brain That Wouldn't Die, The -- (Movie Clip) Let Me Die!
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Doctor Bill (Herb Evers) re-animates the head of his fiance` Jan (Virginia Leith), to the dismay of aide Kurt (Leslie Daniel), who has a problem with his hand, in The Brain That Wouldn't Die, 1962.
Brain That Wouldn't Die, The -- (Movie Clip) Opening Credits
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Credits for the famous sci-fi cheapie The Brain That Wouldn't Die, 1962, begin with a plaintive statement from an unseen character, who would rather be dead
Brain That Wouldn't Die, The -- (Movie Clip) Doris
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Doctor Bill (Herb Evers) is banking on past virtue as he plots to deprive brassy and dis-figured figure-model Doris (Adele Lamont) of her body in The Brain That Wouldn't Die, 1962.
Brain That Wouldn't Die, The -- (Movie Clip) Operating Room
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Father and son doctors Bill (Herb Evers) and "Dad" (Bruce Brighton) lose then regain a patient as they conduct a heated conversation on medical ethics, unimpeded by surgical masks, in The Brain That Wouldn't Die, 1962.

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