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Brainstorm

  • 19651965
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 45m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
558
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Brainstorm (1965)
  • Drama
  • Thriller
Scientist Jim Grayam saves his boss' wife from suicide but falls in-love with her and plots to kill her husband by pretending to be criminally insane.Scientist Jim Grayam saves his boss' wife from suicide but falls in-love with her and plots to kill her husband by pretending to be criminally insane.Scientist Jim Grayam saves his boss' wife from suicide but falls in-love with her and plots to kill her husband by pretending to be criminally insane.
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
558
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • William Conrad
  • Writers
    • Mann Rubin(screenplay)
    • Lawrence B. Marcus(story)
  • Stars
    • Jeffrey Hunter
    • Dana Andrews
    • Anne Francis
Top credits
  • Director
    • William Conrad
  • Writers
    • Mann Rubin(screenplay)
    • Lawrence B. Marcus(story)
  • Stars
    • Jeffrey Hunter
    • Dana Andrews
    • Anne Francis
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    • 15User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
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    Jeffrey Hunter in Brainstorm (1965)
    Jeffrey Hunter and Anne Francis in Brainstorm (1965)
    Jeffrey Hunter in Brainstorm (1965)
    Jeffrey Hunter in Brainstorm (1965)
    Brainstorm (1965)
    Brainstorm (1965)
    Jeffrey Hunter in Brainstorm (1965)
    Gary Merrill in The Woman Who Wouldn't Die (1965)
    Jeffrey Hunter, Anne Francis, and Viveca Lindfors in Brainstorm (1965)
    Brainstorm (1965)
    Jeffrey Hunter, Anne Francis, and Viveca Lindfors in Brainstorm (1965)

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    Jeffrey Hunter
    Jeffrey Hunter
    • Jim Grayamas Jim Grayam
    • (as Jeff Hunter)
    Dana Andrews
    Dana Andrews
    • Cort Bensonas Cort Benson
    Anne Francis
    Anne Francis
    • Lorrie Bensonas Lorrie Benson
    Viveca Lindfors
    Viveca Lindfors
    • Dr. Elizabeth Larstadtas Dr. Elizabeth Larstadt
    Stacy Harris
    Stacy Harris
    • Josh Reynoldsas Josh Reynolds
    Kathie Browne
    Kathie Browne
    • Angie DeWittas Angie DeWitt
    • (as Kathie Brown)
    Phillip Pine
    Phillip Pine
    • Dr. Amesas Dr. Ames
    Michael Pate
    Michael Pate
    • Dr. Millsas Dr. Mills
    Robert McQueeney
    • Sgt. Dawesas Sgt. Dawes
    Strother Martin
    Strother Martin
    • Mr. Clydeas Mr. Clyde
    Joan Swift
    Joan Swift
    • Claraas Clara
    George Pelling
    • Butleras Butler
    Victoria Paige Meyerink
    Victoria Paige Meyerink
    • Julie Bensonas Julie Benson
    • (as Victoria Meyerink)
    Stephen Roberts
    • Judgeas Judge
    Pat Cardi
    Pat Cardi
    • Bobbyas Bobby
    Leon Alton
    Leon Alton
    • Spectatoras Spectator
    • (uncredited)
    Tom Anfinsen
    • Party Guestas Party Guest
    • (uncredited)
    David Armstrong
    • Party Guestas Party Guest
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • William Conrad
    • Writers
      • Mann Rubin(screenplay)
      • Lawrence B. Marcus(story)
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    • Trivia
      There are several connections with the cast and crew: Dana Andrews and Jeffrey Hunter appeared in The Frogman together, in 1951... Hunter played Andrews' character in Lure Of The Wilderness, which was a remake of Swamp Water... Dana Andrews and Anne Francis had worked together twice: In The Crowded Sky (as pilot and flight attendant) and The Satan Bug (as father and daughter)... Jeffrey Hunter was directed by William Conrad in The Man From Galveston... And Viveca Lindfors played Pilot's wife in King of Kings, where Hunter played Jesus Christ.
    • Goofs
      When Dr. Larstadt is looking at the x-rays of what is supposedly Grayam's skull, the films are clearly not all of the same person. Note the different dental work in the last two images, for example.
    • Connections
      Featured in Trailer Trauma 2: Drive-in Monsterama (2016)

    User reviews15

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    Top review
    6/10
    "The Days of Wine and Neuroses!"
    After being seduced by the unstable wife of his millionaire boss, a brilliant young engineer concocts a crackpot plan for the two to be together: murder her husband and then convince a panel of psychiatrists that he is clinically insane (the rationale being, I assume, that incarceration in a mental asylum is much preferable to prison!). Warner Bros. potboiler with a television budget--another in a string of pulpy, somewhat-sleazy yarns to be directed by William Conrad--is engrossing and enjoyable, even as it fails to come to much. Conrad works well with his actors while concentrating firmly on his narrative, however his scene transitions are amateurish and his work is not helped by the TV drama-styled editing (not to mention the melodramatic music cues). Jeffrey Hunter (curiously billed as Jeff Hunter) begins the film behaving like a staunch, overgrown Boy Scout, but by the second-half really goes out on a limb with the tics, cold sweats, and stammers of a man driven half-mad by desire. Screenwriter Mann Rubin preys upon the viewer's fear of insanity by setting our hero up as a dupe, a willing 'Gaslight' victim who may not be one-hundred-percent in the head anyway. There are no surprise twists to the plot, nor do Conrad or Rubin mean this to be a cautionary tale for would-be illicit lovers. It's rather a squarely straightforward tale with incidental characters (such as Viveca Lindfors' sweetly smiling doctor) who are never fully explained and a finale that is meant to be highly shocking. **1/2 from ****
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    • Apr 30, 2010

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    • Release date
      • May 5, 1965 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Das teuflische Spiel
    • Filming locations
      • Greystone Park & Mansion - 905 Loma Vista Drive, Beverly Hills, California, USA
    • Production company
      • William Conrad Productions
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 45 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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