The Brute Man (1946)
The Brute Man (1946)
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Cast & Crew.
Rondo Hatton
Hal Moffat AKA 'The Creeper'
Tom Neal
Clifford Scott
Jan Wiley
Virginia Rogers Scott
Jane Adams
Helen Paige
Donald MacBride
Police Captain M. J. Donelly
Peter Whitney
Police Lieutenant Gates
Fred Coby
Young Hal Moffat
Janelle Johnson Dolenz
Joan Bemis
Mary Ann Bricker
Mary Ann Obringer (uncredited)
Tris Coffin
Police Lieutenant / voice of radio announcer (uncredited)
Joseph Crehan
Police Commissioner Salisbury (uncredited)
Rodney Bell
Minor Role
John Hamilton
Professor Cushman (uncredited)
Jean Yarbrough
Director
Frank O'Connor
Policeman at Helen's Apartment (uncredited)
George Bricker
Writer
Beatrice Roberts
Nurse (uncredited)
M. Coates Webster
Writer
Charles Wagenheim
Pawnbroker (uncredited)
Dwight V. Babcock
Writer
Ben Pivar
Producer
William Ruhl
Policeman at Helen's Apartment (uncredited)
Maury Gertsman
Cinematographer
James Nolan
Police Dispatcher (uncredited)
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The Brute Man is a 1946 American horror thriller film starring Rondo Hatton as the Creeper, a murderer seeking revenge against the people he holds responsible for the disfigurement of his face. Directed by Jean Yarbrough, the film features Tom Neal and Jan Wiley as a married pair of friends the Creeper blames for his deformities. Jane Adams also stars as a blind pianist for whom the Creeper tries to raise money for an operation to restore her vision.
Universal Pictures produced the film near the end of their horror film period. According to legend, as the result of its pending merger with International Pictures, Universal adopted a policy against releasing any more B movies, so they sold The Brute Man for $125,000 to Poverty Row's Producers Releasing Corporation, which distributed the film without any mention of Universal's involvement in publicity or credits. In fact, Universal released at least one B-Western following the merger, and still had numerous other titles in active circulation from the preceding few years, at the time of the merger. Most experts tend to believe that Universal simply found the exploitation of the deceased Hatton and his deformity for the third time, in his last film (in which evidence of his impending demise may be foreshadowed in his acting), and of a poorly-developed story, to be detrimental to its corporate image but did not want to take a financial loss by simply shelving the film permanently.
The film was released to home video in 1982. The Brute Man received generally negative reviews, drawing particular criticism for Hatton's poor performance. The film was featured in a 1996 episode of the movie-mocking comedy television series Mystery Science Theater 3000. Members of Mystery Science Theater later expressed discomfort in making fun of the film due to Hatton's illness.