The Brain Machine (film)
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| Directed by | Ken Hughes |
| Produced by | Alec C. Snowden |
| Written by | Ken Hughes |
| Starring | Maxwell Reed Elizabeth Allan Patrick Barr Russell Napier |
| Music by | Richard Taylor |
| Cinematography | Josef Ambor |
| Edited by | Geoffrey Muller |
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| Distributed by | Anglo-Amalgamated (UK) RKO Radio Pictures (US) |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Brain Machine is a 1956 British thriller film directed 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.
Production
The film was made at Merton Park Studios in South London by Anglo-Amalgamated. It was released as a co-feature, as part of a double bill.[3]
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 Technician
References
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- Chibnall, Steve & McFarlane, Brian. The British 'B' Film. Palgrave MacMillan, 2009.
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). The Brain Machine at IMDb
- The Brain Machine at AllMovie
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- ↑ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/27528
- ↑ Chibnall & McFarlane p.99
