The Mind of Mr. Soames

The Mind of Mr Soames
Terence Stamp and Nigel Davenport
Directed by	Alan Cooke
Produced by	Max Rosenberg Milton Subotsky
Written by	John Hale Edward Simpson
Based on	novel by Charles Eric Maine
Starring	Terence Stamp Nigel Davenport Robert Vaughn
Music by	Michael Dress
Cinematography	Billy Williams
Edited by	Bill Blunden
Production company	Amicus Productions
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	1970
Country	United Kingdom United States^[1]
Language	English

The Mind of Mr. Soames is a 1970 British-American film directed by Alan Cooke and starring Terence Stamp, Robert Vaughn and Nigel Davenport.^[1]

Based on Charles Eric Maine's 1961 novel of the same name, it tells the story of a thirty-year-old man (John Soames) who has been in a coma since a brain injury during birth. Now revived, he shows the behavior of a child and is monitored by two doctors attempting to find out if he can be rehabilitated in the adult world.

Partial cast

Terence Stamp - John Soames
Robert Vaughn - Doctor Michael Bergen
Nigel Davenport - Doctor Maitland
Christian Roberts - Thomas Fleming
Donal Donnelly - Joe Allan
Norman Jones - Davis
Dan Jackson - Nicholls
Vickery Turner - Naomi
Judy Parfitt - Jenny Bannerman
Scott Forbes - Richard Bannerman
Joe McPartland - Inspector Moore
Pamela Moiseiwitsch - Melanie Parks
Billy Cornelius - Sergeant Clifford

Production

The film was an attempt by Amicus Productions to branch into the non-horror field. (They had also tried to option the rights to Flowers For Algernon but been unable to secure them.) The large budget was provided by Columbia Pictures.^[2]

Reception

The film was a failure at the box office.^[2]

References

1 2 "The Mind of Mr. Soames (1969)". BFI. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
1 2 Ed. Allan Bryce, Amicus: The Studio That Dripped Blood, Stray Cat Publishing, 2000 p 48

External links

The Mind of Mr. Soames at the Internet Movie Database
The Mind of Mr Soames at British Horror Films
The Mind of Mr Soames at New York Times
The Mind of Mr Soames at TCMDB

Films by Amicus Productions

It's Trad, Dad! (1962) Just for Fun (1963) Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965) Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965) The Skull (1965) Daleks – Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. (1966) The Psychopath (1966) The Deadly Bees (1966) Torture Garden (1967) Danger Route (1967) They Came from Beyond Space (1967 The Terrornauts (1967) The Birthday Party (1968) A Touch of Love (1969) The Mind of Mr. Soames (1969) The House That Dripped Blood (1970) Scream and Scream Again (1970) (unofficial) I, Monster (1971) What Became of Jack and Jill? (1972) Asylum (1972) Tales from the Crypt (1972) The Vault of Horror (1973) From Beyond the Grave (1974) And Now the Screaming Starts! (1973) The Beast Must Die (1974) Madhouse (1974) The Land That Time Forgot (1975) At the Earth's Core (1976) The People That Time Forgot (1977)

See also	The City of the Dead (1960) The Uncanny (1977) Dominique (1980) The Monster Club (1980)

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