They Saved Hitler's Brain | |
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1963 theatrical release poster
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Directed by | David Bradley |
Produced by | Carl Edwards |
Written by |
Steve Bennett Peter Miles |
Music by | Don Hulette |
Cinematography | Stanley Cortez |
Edited by | Alan Marks |
Distributed by | Paragon Films Inc. Sans-S |
Release date
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1963 (theatrical) 1968 (television) |
Running time
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91 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
They Saved Hitler's Brain is a 1968 science fiction film that was adapted for television from a shorter 1963 theatrical feature film, Madmen of Mandoras, directed by David Bradley. The film was lengthened with about twenty minutes of additional footage shot by UCLA students at the request of the distributor.
World War II is over, and Nazi officials remove Adolf Hitler's living head and hide it in the fictional South American country of Mandoras, so that they can resurrect the Third Reich for the future. It fast forwards into the 1960s, and the surviving officials kidnap a scientist in an attempt to keep Hitler alive. Various intelligence agencies, aware of the evil plot, recruit secret agents to bust the Nazi officials.
Rotten Tomatoes gives They Saved Hitler's Brain a rare rating of 0% based on reviews from 5 critics, with an average rating of 1.3/10.