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The Brute Man Overview:

The Brute Man (1946) was a Horror - Thriller/Suspense Film directed by Jean Yarbrough and produced by Ben Pivar.

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THE NADIR OF THE BRUTE MAN

By Terry Sherwood on Aug 31, 2013 From Nitrate from the Grave

Thought I would spend sometime writing about the Universal studios film THE BRUTE MAN (1946) as it seems to get ignored by many people as it is perhaps the lowest point from what the studio had produced. This picture as perhaps a few of you know had Rondo Hatton as ‘The Creeper” in what ... Read full article

THE NADIR OF THE BRUTE MAN

By Terry Sherwood on Aug 31, 2013 From Nitrate from the Grave

Thought I would spend sometime writing about the Universal studios film THE BRUTE MAN (1946) as it seems to get ignored by many people as it is perhaps the lowest point from what the studio had produced. This picture as perhaps a few of you know had Rondo Hatton as ‘The Creeper” in what ... Read full article

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The Brute Man Quotes:

[first lines]
Police Dispatcher: Attention all cars, attention all cars: general alarm. Car 22, go to 733 Spring Avenue, it's a 341, that is all.
Clifford Scott: Why did you come here?
Hal Moffet, the 'Creeper': I need money.
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The Brute Man Facts
Rondo Hatton, who played the monstrous Creeper in this film and in House of Horrors, was actually handsome as a young man, but later in life became disfigured by acromegaly, a form of gigantism brought about by unnaturally high levels of human growth hormone produced by a disease of the pituitary gland.
Tristam Coffin, who appears briefly as a police lieutenant, doubles as the voice of the radio reporter.
Although produced by Universal Pictures, the company was in the process of a complicated merger with William Goetz's International Pictures (merger completed July 31, 1946). To complicate matters, J. Arthur Rank's United World Pictures had a hand in the studio's management since the previous November, when this picture was still in production. With the impending change in management, studio brass dictated that B-pictures would no longer be produced. As a result, this poorly made low budget horror film became an embarrassment and it was sold to PRC after completion.
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).
In England, the rating of H (Horrific) was created specifically for this film, and no one under 16 was allowed to see it.
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