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Synopsis: Working out of a laboratory at the mountain retreat he shares with his wife, Janice, Dr. Patrick Cody is trying to find a way to keep a brain alive outside the human body as a way of helping severely injured patients. His experiments have been conducted using monkey brains but when the wealthy Warren Donovan is fatally injured in a crash and dies at Cody's home, the doctor sees an opportunity for human experimentation and steals Donovan's brain. His experiment proves to be successful. However, the disembodied brain soon begins to use telepathy to take control of Cody. Who's in it? The movie stars Lew Ayres , Gene Evans , Nancy Reagan (as Nancy Davis), Steve Brodie and Tom Powers . Review: I came across Donovan's Brain while scrolling through movies last night and ended up picking it for my morning movie mostly because I saw it starred Nancy Reagan and I haven't seen a whole lot of films with the former First Lady of the United States. Overall, it ended...

Synopsis: After killing her sister, Celia, in an argument, Dell Faring feels guilty when Celia's husband, David, is convicted of the murder but, fearing the electric chair, chooses to keep the truth to herself. When she learns Celia's young stepdaughter, Susan, witnessed the murder but has suppressed the memory because of the trauma, Dell does everything possible to prevent a psychiatrist from helping her niece, including trying to murder the girl. Who's in it? The movie stars Ann Sothern , Zachary Scott , Gigi Perreau , Nancy Reagan (as Nancy Davis) and Kristine Miller. Review: I came across this movie yesterday morning and, thinking it looked interesting, decided to give it a watch. After finishing it last night, I have to say this movie more than met my expectations. The thing I think I liked most about this film was how Dell (Sothern) changes following her sister's (Miller) death. At first, she seemed like she was going to do the right thing and confess to the c...