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The Brute Man

  • 1946
  • Approved
  • 58m
IMDb RATING
4.4/10
1.6K
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Jane Adams, Rondo Hatton, Donald MacBride, and Tom Neal in The Brute Man (1946)
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A facially-deformed and mentally-unhinged man wreaks his revenge, with a series of brutal murders, on those who deformed him.A facially-deformed and mentally-unhinged man wreaks his revenge, with a series of brutal murders, on those who deformed him.A facially-deformed and mentally-unhinged man wreaks his revenge, with a series of brutal murders, on those who deformed him.

  • Director
    • Jean Yarbrough
  • Writers
    • George Bricker
    • M. Coates Webster
    • Dwight V. Babcock
  • Stars
    • Rondo Hatton
    • Tom Neal
    • Jan Wiley
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    • IMDb RATING
    4.4/10
    1.6K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jean Yarbrough
    • Writers
      • George Bricker
      • M. Coates Webster
      • Dwight V. Babcock
    • Stars
      • Rondo Hatton
      • Tom Neal
      • Jan Wiley
    • 44User reviews
    • 30Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Rondo Hatton
    Rondo Hatton
    • Hal Moffat AKA 'The Creeper'
    Tom Neal
    Tom Neal
    • Clifford Scott
    Jan Wiley
    Jan Wiley
    • Virginia Rogers Scott
    Jane Adams
    Jane Adams
    • Helen Paige
    Donald MacBride
    Donald MacBride
    • Police Captain M. J. Donelly
    Peter Whitney
    Peter Whitney
    • Police Lieutenant Gates
    Fred Coby
    Fred Coby
    • Young Hal Moffat
    Janelle Johnson Dolenz
    • Joan Bemis
    • (as Ja Nelle Johnson)
    Carl Anders
    • Student
    • (uncredited)
    Rodney Bell
    • Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    Mary Ann Bricker
    • Dorothy Obringer
    • (uncredited)
    Jimmy Clark
    • Student
    • (uncredited)
    Tristram Coffin
    Tristram Coffin
    • Police Lieutenant
    • (uncredited)
    • …
    Peggy Converse
    • Mrs. Obringer
    • (uncredited)
    Pat Costello
    • Car 22 Patrolman
    • (uncredited)
    Joseph Crehan
    Joseph Crehan
    • Police Commissioner Salisbury
    • (uncredited)
    Alan Foster
    • Jeweler
    • (uncredited)
    John Gallaudet
    John Gallaudet
    • Police Guard
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Jean Yarbrough
    • Writers
      • George Bricker
      • M. Coates Webster
      • Dwight V. Babcock
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    • Trivia
      Rondo Hatton passed away before the film was released. Universal was so embarrassed by its shameless exploitation of Hatton's disfiguring illness (which led to his death) that it sold all rights to the finished film to "B" studio Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC). It's unlikely Universal would've cared about hurting anyone's feelings, they were about to merge with International Pictures, and were ceasing production of B horror movies, so they sold the picture to PRC.
    • Quotes

      Mr. Haskins: [holding a grocery list] Where'd this come from?

      Jimmy: Somebody stuck it under the door.

      Mr. Haskins: [annoyed] Uhh...

      Jimmy: Don't you think it's kinda funny? Sticking a note under the door?

      Mr. Haskins: No! And don't go trying to make a mystery out of it! Somebody probably to busy to pick up the stuff.

      Jimmy: Could be the Creeper.

      Mr. Haskins: [very annoyed] Creeper, Creeper, Creeper! YOU GIVE ME THE CREEPS!

      Jimmy: Well he could be. That'd be a swell reason why he wouldn't wanna see anyone, or come out, 'cept at night.

      Mr. Haskins: Well you've just gotta deliver these groceries. And don't forget the money! A dollar and a quarter.

      Jimmy: OK... but I still think it could be...

      Mr. Haskins: I know! So he's The Creeper. Well you just creep along with that - I mean, hurry up with that stuff! And then get back and do the rest of your work!

    • Connections
      Featured in Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Brute Man (1996)
    • Soundtracks
      Liebestraum No 2 A Sharp Minor
      (uncredited)
      Music by Franz Liszt

    User reviews44

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    8/10

    Beware of the Creeper

    For such a low budget movie and from PRC as well, The Brute Man is quite good.

    As a result of an experiment going wrong at university, Hal Moffat becomes disfigured and some years later, starts killing people. His victims include a grocer's delivery boy and a jeweller. He makes friends with a blind woman but nearly kills her after shopping him to the police and is arrested in her home after she set him up.

    The Brute Man is shot well in black and white and is certainly one of the better efforts from PRC.

    I've never heard of any of the cast in this, with Rondo Hatton in the title role.

    This is worth checking out. A good way to spend an hour one afternoon or evening.

    Rating: 3 stars out of 5.
    • chris_gaskin123
    • Feb 22, 2006
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    • Release date
      • October 1, 1946 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Грубый человек
    • Filming locations
      • Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Universal Pictures
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    • Runtime
      58 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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