The Brain that wouldn't Die (1962) Classic Sci Fi. Public Domain

Published 2022-05-17

The film was in the public domain in the United States from the day of its release due to a flawed copyright notice.

The Brain That Wouldn't Die (also known as The Head That Wouldn't Die or The Brain That Couldn't Die) is a 1962 American science fiction horror film directed by Joseph Green and written by Green and Rex Carlton.

Dr. Bill Cortner saves a patient who had been pronounced dead, but the senior surgeon, Cortner's father, condemns his son's unorthodox methods and transplant theories.

While driving to his family's country house, Cortner and his beautiful fiancée Jan Compton become involved in a car accident that decapitates her. Cortner recovers her severed head and rushes to his country house basement laboratory. He and his crippled assistant Kurt revive the head in a liquid-filled tray. But Jan's new existence is agony, and she begs Cortner to let her die. He ignores her pleas, and she grows to resent him.

CAST:
Jason Evers as Dr. Bill Cortner
Virginia Leith as Jan Compton
Leslie Daniel as Kurt
Adele Lamont as Doris Powell
Marilyn Hanold as Peggy Howard
Bruce Brighton as Dr. Cortner
Fred Martin as medical assistant
Lola Mason as Donna Williams
Audrey Devereal as Jeannie Reynolds
Eddie Carmel as monster