The Mind of Mr. Soames

1970
PG
1h 38m

IMDb RATING

6.2/10

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A man who has been in a coma since infancy is awakened.A man who has been in a coma since infancy is awakened.A man who has been in a coma since infancy is awakened.

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IMDb RATING

6.2/10

945

YOUR RATING

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Trivia
Charles Eric Maine, pen name for David McIlwain, was an English science fiction and detective thriller writer. Born in Liverpool in 1921, he published a science fiction magazine. During World War 2, he served in the Royal Air Force in northern Africa. After the war, he worked in TV engineering and was an editor on radio and television. He sold a radio play to the BBC in 1952 which later turned into a movie Spaceways (1953). He died in 1981 in London England.

Goofs
This movie loves screeching brakes. When the car hits Mr Soames, it screeches to a halt even though it is on a thick dirt road. Later, a police car pulls up to a building and it screeches to a halt while traveling only a few miles per hour.

Connections
Featured in The Omen (1976)

I would like to see this movie shot today and see what differences an other director would make of the subject. Excellent production values give notice that the effort to make a unique movie for the late 60's was undertaken. Stamp gives a strong performance and the movie is not boring. Robert Vaughn and Nigel Davenport serve as capable teachers to the brain injured man and give fine supporting roles in this less than successful movie. What holds this movie together is the fine close ups of Stamp as he discovers a world of wonderment and allows the viewer an opportunity to see if the human condition is retarded by 30 years of laying in a bed in a vegetative state. Finding out that question is what makes this movie fun.