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{{Infobox film

| name = The Brain Machine

| image = The Brain Machine film poster.jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Ken Hughes

| producer = Alec C. Snowden

| writer = Ken Hughes

| starring = Maxwell Reed
Elizabeth Allan
Patrick Barr
Russell Napier

| music = Richard Taylor

| cinematography = Josef Ambor

| editing = Geoffrey Muller

| studio = Merton Park Studios

| distributor = Anglo-Amalgamated

| released =

| runtime = 84 minutes

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

}}

'The Brain Machine' is a 1956 British thriller film directed by Ken Hughes and starring Maxwell Reed, Elizabeth Allan and Patrick Barr.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090114111303/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/27528 BFI.org]BRAIN MACHINE, The

Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 22, Iss. 252, (Jan 1, 1955): 23.


Premise



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.Chibnall & McFarlane p.99

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

Reception



'Filmink' called it " a decent little thriller that feels like it wants to be sci-fi but isnt."

Berkshire later sued RKO claiming the latter did a poor job distributing.

References



Bibliography



* Chibnall, Steve & McFarlane, Brian. 'The British 'B' Film'. Palgrave MacMillan, 2009.


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