They Saved Hitler's Brain (1968)

Nazi madmen preserve Hitler's brain on a small tropical island until the time is right to resurrect him and, along with him, the Third Reich.

Director:

David Bradley

Writers:

Steve Bennett (original story by), Peter Miles (screenplay by) (as Richard Miles)

Stars:

Walter Stocker, Audrey Caire, Carlos Rivas

Cast

Credited cast:
Walter Stocker	...	Phil Day
Audrey Caire	...	Kathy Coleman 'K.C.' Day
Carlos Rivas	...	Camino Padua / Teo Padua
John Holland	...	Prof. John Coleman
Marshall Reed	...	Frank Dvorak
Scott Peters	...	David Garrick
Keith Dahle	...	Tom Sharon
Dani Lynn	...	Suzanne Coleman
Nestor Paiva	...	Police Chief Alaniz
Pedro Regas	...	Presidente Juan Padua
Bill Freed	...	Adolf Hitler
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Chuck Beston
Larry Burrell
Hap Holmwood
Dick McHale

Storyline

At the end of World War II, Nazi officials spirited the living head of Adolf Hitler out of Germany to a hiding place in the South American country of Mandoras, in order to revive the Third Reich at a later date. By the 1960s these men believed the time had come, so they kidnap a top scientist in order to force him to help keep Hitler alive. Several intelligence agencies find out about the plot and send agents to stop it.

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Plot Keywords:

exploitation | psychotronic film | adolf hitler character | nazi occultism | reference to adolf hitler | 

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Taglines:

The most incredible plot to conquer the world!

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 August 1968 (USA)

Also Known As:

On a vole le cerveau d'Hitler

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paragon Films Inc., Sans-S

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In their book, *The Golden Turkey Awards*, Harry and Michael Medved awarded this film top honors in the category, Most Brainless Brain Movie.

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Goofs

When the Nazis arrive in the canyon, the truck stops and the soldiers jump out and run into a cave. A minute later, the soldiers are inexplicably back in the truck.

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Quotes

Adolf Hitler: Mach schnell! Mach schnell!

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Connections

Referenced in Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: Every Witch Way But Loose (2000)

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Soundtracks

Theme from The Devil's Hand
Written by Baker Knight

User Reviews

The brain was saved, the movie wasn't

I honestly started watching this movie with no idea of its plot (aside from that given by the title) and expected it to be some sort of cheap B movie from the fifties requiring me to suspend all reality of biology, physics, etc. as is necessary to watch so many sci-fi B movies of that era. I normally get a kick out with those movies because everyone knows they were made just for escapist fun . This one, sadly, wasted so much time on irrelevant subplots and secret agent chases added in the late sixties, that I fell asleep before getting to the original, early sixties movie.

The part of the film made in the early sixties has some fun in it (if one can suspend all belief in science and accept the head itself) and has the really bad/silly plot, over acting, melodrama and effects that made B movies what we expect them to be. It rambles along to its 'climax' (with the head reacting to fire as no real human head ever could). The jarringly 'mod' new story (with the car chase scene that can't seem to decide if it takes place during the day or in the middle of the night) added to the beginning almost is reminiscent of the silly cheesiness of The Attack of the Killer Tomatoes - except this was intended to be serious and thus seems a little pathetic.

Overall, the final film is just bad – and not in a good way. Unless you want a good cure for insomnia, avoid this one.