Horror ·Thriller ·Crime · United States of America · 1946 · 58m

The Brute Man

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Director

Cast

Rondo Hatton as Hal Moffet AKA 'The Creeper' Tom Neal as Clifford Scott Jan Wiley as Virginia Rogers Scott Jane Adams as Helen Paige Donald MacBride as Police Captain M. J. Donelly Peter Whitney as Police Lieutenant Gates

Crew

Maury Gertsman — Director of Photography Philip Cahn — Editor George Bricker — Writer M. Coates Webster — Writer Dwight V. Babcock — Story Ben Pivar — Producer

Tagline

No woman was safe from his crushing arms...

Synopsis

A facially disfigured and mentally unhinged man wreaks his revenge on those he blames for his condition.

Trailer

The Brute Man — Official Trailer

Official Trailer youtube.com

Mood & Themes

piano lessons black and white revenge motive deformed man blind woman laboratory accident vicious killings morbidity acromegaly stumped police semi-prequel semi-biographical

Key Collaborators

Jean Yarbrough Director Maury Gertsman Director of Photography Philip Cahn Editor George Bricker Writer M. Coates Webster Writer Dwight V. Babcock Story Ben Pivar Producer Vera West Costume Design

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