The Lady and the Monster | |
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Directed by | George Sherman |
Produced by | George Sherman |
Written by | Frederick Kohner Dane Lussier Curt Siodmak (novel Donovan's Brain) |
Starring | Vera Ralston Richard Arlen Erich von Stroheim |
Music by | Gonzalo Roig Walter Scharf Jack Sherr Augustin Rodriguez |
Cinematography | John Alton |
Editing by | Arthur Roberts |
Distributed by | Republic Pictures |
Release date(s) | April 17, 1944 (US) June 6, 1945 (Sweden) |
Running time | 86 min |
Country | USA |
Language | English |
The Lady and the Monster (1944) is a film based on the horror novel Donovan's Brain by Curt Siodmak.
The film is about the attempts to keep alive the brain of a multimillionaire after his death, only to create a telepathic monster. The man then takes over the medical assistant's mind, and the "lady" of the title has to fight it.