I haven't seen it in awhile and can't find the Charles Eric Maine novel it was based on. It's been out-of-print forever. Another novel by Mr. Maine is available..."Alph"...But I do remember how the movie ends and I don't think every film needs to end on a final note. Let your imagination create an ending for Mr. Soames. Does Dr. Bergen (Robert Vaughn) continue with him, in which case he might thrive after the negative note the film ends on or does Dr. Maitland continue screwing him up using him as a human guinea pig? Does he lapse back into a coma or some other vegetative state or commit suicide? To leave a final ending up to ones imagination is part of what makes the sad but incomplete ending of the film wonderful. If I could read the book I could compare but... Thanks to a private seller in the UK via Amazon I'm finally reading the book. Thus far it was a good idea to create Dr. Bergen instead of the Japanese Dr. Takaito who perform the surgery that wakes up Mr. Soames.
Review of The Mind of Mr. Soames
