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The Brain Machine

  • 1972
  • PG-13
  • 1h 25m
IMDb RATING
3.1/10
553
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The Brain Machine (1972)
Sci-FiThriller

Several people volunteer for a scientific experiment about mind-reading and memory, but the experiment goes horribly wrong.Several people volunteer for a scientific experiment about mind-reading and memory, but the experiment goes horribly wrong.Several people volunteer for a scientific experiment about mind-reading and memory, but the experiment goes horribly wrong.

  • Director
    • Joy N. Houck Jr.
  • Writers
    • Thomas Hal Phillips
    • Christian Garrison
    • Joy N. Houck Jr.
  • Stars
    • James Best
    • Barbara Burgess
    • Gil Peterson
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    • IMDb RATING
    3.1/10
    553
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Joy N. Houck Jr.
    • Writers
      • Thomas Hal Phillips
      • Christian Garrison
      • Joy N. Houck Jr.
    • Stars
      • James Best
      • Barbara Burgess
      • Gil Peterson
    • 33User reviews
    • 14Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    James Best
    James Best
    • Rev. Emory Neill
    Barbara Burgess
    • Dr. Carol Portland
    Gil Peterson
    Gil Peterson
    • Dr. Elton Morris
    Gerald McRaney
    Gerald McRaney
    • Willie West
    Marcus J. Grapes
    • Judd Reeves
    Doug Collins
    • Dr. Roland Roth
    Ann Latham
    Ann Latham
    • Minnie Lee Parks
    • (as Anne Latham)
    Thomas Hal Phillips
    • The General
    • (as Thomas Phillips)
    Christian Garrison
    • Garrison
    Stocker Fontelieu
    • Saxon
    Tom Dever
    Tom Dever
    • Bodyguard
    Stuart Lancaster
    Stuart Lancaster
    • Senator
    Zephirin Hymel IV
    • Dr. Krisner
    • (as Zephirin Hymel)
    Sam Sherrill
    • A Guard
    Stephen C. Burnham
    • Williams
    Ky Oaks
    • A Woman
    James T. Morris
    • Chief Technician
    Charles Hornsby
    • Second Technician
    • (as Charles Hornby)
    • Director
      • Joy N. Houck Jr.
    • Writers
      • Thomas Hal Phillips
      • Christian Garrison
      • Joy N. Houck Jr.
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    • Trivia
      The eerie pulsating sound heard at around 45 minutes is the same as the sound heard in the derelict space station in Lost In Space.
    • Goofs
      In the first scene at the lab, when Dr. Krisner is escaping with the files, he stops briefly in the doorway where other staff are sitting. He has a large and obvious moustache. He then runs out of the building with the files, and by the time he reaches a tree several hundred yards from the building, he is clean-shaven. The man with the moustache is a different person playing the part.
    • Quotes

      T.V. Announcer: This just in! The National Environmental Control Center reports that Dr. Roland, authority on the human brain, was electrocuted along with six others when a patient broke from a experimental therapy area, ripped through a protected panel and exposed himself and the other victims to 500,000 volts of electricity! Along with Dr. Roth; the dead include his two assistants, Dr. Carol Portland, Dr. Elton Morris, three other patients, and Willard West. A patient who apparently went berserk during a routine experiment, shouting; "I can't die, I'm immortal! I am god!" This is Cornell Wood. That's tonights late news! Good night!

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    2/10

    The Whole Truth and Nothing But

    After watching The Brain Machine in stages because I was fighting fatigue to complete this movie I'm still not sure of what I saw. Four people James Best, Ann Latham, Gerad McRaney, and Marcus Grapes all of whom have no close family volunteer to be paid lab rats for an experimental mind control machine. Two firm prerequisites for these people, no close family and they have to tell the absolute truth in that closed environment that they live in now.

    Somebody should have told them to watch The Forbidden Planet and how those far superior Krells couldn't deal with monsters from the ID. My guess is that this top secret experiment was to develop some kind of ultimate interrogation machine. That's why so many sinister forces seem bent on achieving success with the experiment, however success is to be measured. The Brain Machine isn't really clear on what's going on.

    The whole thing will leave you bored and confused.
    • bkoganbing
    • Dec 14, 2011
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    • Release date
      • 1972 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Gray Matter
    • Filming locations
      • Mississippi, USA
    • Production companies
      • Howco Productions Inc.
      • Power and Communications
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 25 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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