The Brute Man

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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.

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IMDb RATING

4.4/10

1.6K

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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

Police Lieutenant
(uncredited)
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Peggy Converse

Mrs. Obringer
(uncredited)

Pat Costello

Car 22 Patrolman
(uncredited)

Joseph Crehan

Police Commissioner Salisbury
(uncredited)

Alan Foster

Jeweler
(uncredited)

John Gallaudet

Police Guard
(uncredited)

Director
- Jean Yarbrough
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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

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Meet The Creeper!

Rondo Hatton is my hero. Who cares if he wasn't a classically trained actor?! As The Creeper he tugs the heart-strings like a pro! He's got heart! He's got soul! He's got courage! He's also damned likable! Rondo is also one hell of a hero. Rondo took the crummy hand that fate dealt him and played it magnificently. He became one of the most endearing and cool anti-heroes of all B-moviedom! To experience Rondo Hatton as The Creeper is to experience pure magic! I watched horror movies as kid and always loved "the monster". A good "monster" gets my vote every damn time. The Creeper fits that bill perfectly and better than most. The Creeper is one of my all time favorite fright flick anti-heroes. GOD BLESS YOU RONDO HATTON!