The Brain Eaters
| The Brain Eaters | |
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Theatrical release poster by Albert Kallis | |
| Directed by | Bruno VeSota |
| Written by | Gordon Urquhart |
| Based on | The Puppet Masters by Robert A. Heinlein (uncredited) |
| Produced by | Ed Nelson |
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| Cinematography | Lawrence Raimond |
| Edited by | Carlo Lodato |
| Music by | Tom Jonson (with extended excerpts from Dmitri Shostakovich, Sergei Prokofiev, and Dmitry Kabalevsky) |
Production company | Corinthian Productions |
| Distributed by | American International Pictures |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $26,000 |
The Brain Eaters is a 1958 independently made American black-and-white science fiction-horror film, produced by Ed Nelson (and Roger Corman, uncredited), and directed by Bruno VeSota. The film stars Nelson, Alan Jay Factor, and Joanna Lee, and includes a brief appearance by Leonard Nimoy (name misspelled in film credits as "Leonard Nemoy"). The Brain Eaters was distributed by American International Pictures as a double feature with either Earth vs. the Spider or Terror from the Year 5000 in different markets.