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

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THE BRUTE MAN

By Dan Day, Jr. on Jul 19, 2025 From The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog

THE BRUTE MAN could be considered a "lost" Universal horror. It was made by that studio, but sold off to poverty row company PRC in 1946. Various sources state that Universal did this due to a change in policy concerning low-budget genre fare, but when one watches THE BRUTE MAN, and realizes how bad... 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


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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[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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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.
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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