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Brainstorm
The Most Fiendish Idea Ever Conceived By The Human Brain!
Scientist Jim Grayam saves his boss' wife from suicide but then falls in love with her.
- Original title
- Brainstorm
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
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CinemaSerf
Apr 3, 2023 · via TMDB
This is probably the most complex role I ever saw Jeff (no - rey) Hunter ever undertake, and he's actually not at all bad. He is "Grayam", a man who comes to the aid of the slightly inebriated wife of his boss. "Lorrie" (Anne Francis) is considerably more grateful than her husband "Benson" (Dana Andrews) and it soon becomes clear that she has the hots for him and he, however reluctantly at first, is beginning to reciprocate. Pretty swiftly they are having an affair and rather curiously her husband seems to know all about it and care not a jot. He knows his wife will never leave her wealthy and confortable life - he plays a manipulative game and he plays it well. To thwart this, the two come up with a plan to eliminate "Benson" in plain sight and to cleverly orchestrate the scenario so as to allow his use of a plea of insanity. He sows the seeds well, gradually convincing all around him that he's not the full shilling before... What he didn't really reckon on though was the fickleness of "Lorrie" and the adeptness of the court-appointed psychiatrist "Larstadt" (Viveca Lindfors) who plays well here as the doctor who clearly knows how to play this game of intellectual cat and mouse every bit as well as her quarry. It's perhaps a little too long - too much time is spent on the establishment scenes, but Hunter, Francis and Lindfors are effective here as William Conrad gradually builds this into a sophisticated psychological drama that twists and turns nicely before a denouement that I found to be suitably pathetic. It's rarely seen these days, and may be a bit tame by 21st century standards, but it is a strong and characterful story that is well delivered and well worth a watch.
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Jeffrey Hunter
Jim Grayam
Anne Francis
Lorrie Benson
Dana Andrews
Cort Benson
Viveca Lindfors
Dr. Elizabeth Larstadt
Stacy Harris
Josh Reynolds
Kathie Browne
Angie DeWitt
Phillip Pine
Dr. Ames
Michael Pate
Dr. Mills
Robert McQueeney
Sgt. Dawes
Strother Martin
Mr. Clyde
Victoria Paige Meyerink
Julie Benson
Frank Baker
Executive (uncredited)
Harry Bartell
Detective (uncredited)
Steve Carruthers
Executive (uncredited)
William Conrad
Mental Patient (uncredited)
Roberto Contreras
Asylum Inmate (uncredited)
Isabel Cooley
Nurse (uncredited)
Barbara Dodd
Party Guest (uncredited)
William Duffy
Orderly (uncredited)
Biff Elliot
Detective (uncredited)
Pamelyn Ferdin
Little Girl in Lobby (uncredited)
Jimmie Horan
Party Guest (uncredited)
Steve Ihnat
Dr. Copeland (uncredited)
Byron Keith
Guard (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Richard Kiel
Asylum Inmate (uncredited)
Lloyd Kino
Mr. Komato (uncredited)
Joseph Mell
Insane Inmate with Flowers (uncredited)
John Mitchum
Guitar-Playing Inmate (uncredited)
Ray Montgomery
Charlie the Gate Guard (uncredited)
George N. Neise
Party Guest (uncredited)
Monty O'Grady
Executive (uncredited)
James O'Hara
Party Guest (uncredited)
Bill Quinn
Psychiatrist at Sanity Hearing (uncredited)
Victor Rodman
Asylum Inmate (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
Lawyer (uncredited)
James Seay
Judge at Scavenger Hunt (uncredited)
Sam Leavitt
Director of Photography
William Conrad
Director
William Conrad
Producer
George Duning
Original Music Composer
Lawrence B. Marcus
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