The Brain Machine (film)
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| The Brain Machine | |
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| Directed by | Ken Hughes |
| Written by | Ken Hughes |
| Produced by | Alec C. Snowden |
| Starring | Maxwell Reed Elizabeth Allan Patrick Barr Russell Napier |
| Cinematography | Josef Ambor |
| Edited by | Geoffrey Muller |
| Music by | Richard Taylor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Anglo-Amalgamated |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Brain Machine is a 1956 British thriller film directed and written by Ken Hughes and starring Maxwell Reed, Elizabeth Allan and Patrick Barr.[2]
A husband and wife team of doctors attempt to stop a dangerously unbalanced man from committing a series of crimes.
Cast
- Maxwell Reed as Frank Smith
- Elizabeth Allan as Doctor Phillipa Roberts
- Patrick Barr as Doctor Geoffrey Allen
- Russell Napier as Inspector Durham
- Gibb McLaughlin as Spencer Simon
- Neil Hallett as Detective Superintendent John Harris
- Mark Bellamy as Louie, the gangster
- Bill Nagy as Charlie, gym owner
- Edwin Richfield as Henry Arthur Ryan
- Clifford Buckton as Edward Jarritt
- John Horsley as Doctor Richards
- Gwen Bacon as nurse-matron
- Donald Bisset as Major Gifford
- Thomas Gallagher as Bates, plant foreman
- Vanda Godsell as Mabel Smith
- Cyril Smith as prison warder
- Anthony Valentine as Tony
- Joan Tyrrell as woman in hallway
- Henry Webb as apartment janitor
- Dan Wilson as personnel manager
- Hilda Barry as Mrs. Wright
- Marianne Stone as hospital echnician
Production
The film was made at Merton Park Studios in South London by Anglo-Amalgamated.[3] It was released as a co-feature, as part of a double bill.[4] Berkshire Pictures Corp. later sued RKO claiming the latter did a poor job distributing.[5]