The Brain is a 1962 science fiction thriller film directed by Freddie Francis, and starring Anne Heywood and Peter van Eyck. A UK-West German co-production (also released as Ein Toter sucht seinen Mörder) The Brain differs from earlier film versions of the Curt Siodmak 1942 novel Donovan's Brain: in this adaptation, the dead man seeks his own murderer through contact with the doctor keeping his brain alive. Cast Anne Heywood as Anna Holt Peter van Eyck as Dr. Peter Corrie Cecil Parker as Stevenson Bernard Lee as Dr. Frank Shears Jeremy Spenser as Martin Holt Maxine Audley as Marion Fane Ellen Schwiers as Ella Siegfried Lowitz as Mr. Walters Hans Nielsen as Immerman Jack MacGowran as Furber Miles Malleson as Dr. Miller George A. Cooper as Thomas Gabler Victor Brooks as Farmer at Crash Site (uncredited) Allan Cuthbertson as Da Silva (uncredited) John Junkin as Frederick (uncredited) Bryan Pringle as Dance-Hall MC (uncredited) Patsy Rowlands as Young Woman at Dance Hall (uncredited) Alister Williamson as Inspector Pike (uncredited) References External links 1962 films West German films English-language German films Films directed by Freddie Francis Films based on horror novels Films based on American novels 1962 horror films 1960s science fiction thriller films 1960s science fiction horror films British science fiction horror films British science fiction thriller films 1960s English-language films 1960s British films