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The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962)

Name: The Brain That Wouldn't Die
Genre: Science Fiction
Released: 1962
Duration: 1 h 22 min
Cast: Jason Evers, Sammy Petrillo, Arny Freeman, Eddie Carmel, Marilyn Hanold

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The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962) is an 82-minute science-fiction film that airs free on Starlite TV's Rocket Age (CH 5) channel. Our rights research indicates it is in the U.S. public domain (evidence below). Directed by Joseph Green.

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About The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962)

The Brain That Wouldn't Die (also known as The Head That Wouldn't Die) is a 1962 American science fiction horror film directed by Joseph Green and starring Jason Evers and Virginia Leith. It was written by Green and Rex Carlton.

Dr. Bill Cortner saves a patient who had been pronounced dead, but the senior surgeon, Bill's father, condemns his son's unorthodox methods and theories of transplanting. While driving to his family's country house, Bill and his beautiful fiancée Jan Compton become involved in a car accident that decapitates her. Bill recovers her severed head and rushes to his country house basement laboratory. He and his disabled assistant Kurt revive the head in a liquid-filled tray. But Jan's new existence is agony, and she begs Bill to let her die.

Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article The Brain That Wouldn't Die (text available under CC BY-SA 4.0).

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Credits

Directed by: Joseph Green
Cast includes: Jason Evers, Sammy Petrillo, Arny Freeman, Eddie Carmel, Marilyn Hanold, Virginia Leith
Country: United States

Credits from Wikidata · Wikipedia article

Airs on

Graveyard Shift - CH 4, Horror TV
Rocket Age - CH 5, Sci-Fi TV

Rights & source

Basis: Documented as U.S. public domain (e.g. copyright not renewed / no notice)
Evidence: Listed in Wikipedia 'List of films in the public domain in the United States' - reason: Missing copyright notice (cites Pierce 2007 / Fishman / trade sources). Missing copyright notice.
License on source: creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain
Music: Film soundtrack falls with the film; separately published songs (if any) not individually cleared.
Underlying rights: Missing copyright notice.
Source: Internet Archive

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