The Brute Man
“No woman was safe from his crushing arms...”
1946•58m•4.6•Released
HorrorThrillerCrime
A facially disfigured and mentally unhinged man wreaks his revenge on those he blames for his condition.
Director
Jean Yarbrough
Writer
M. Coates Webster, George Bricker
Languages
English
Studio
Universal Pictures
Cast
Rondo Hatton
Hal Moffet 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 Moffet
Janelle Johnson Dolenz
Joan Bemis (as JaNelle Johnson)
Mary Ann Bricker
Mary Ann Obringer (uncredited)
Tristram Coffin
Police Lieutenant / voice of radio announcer (uncredited)
Joseph Crehan
Police Commissioner Salisbury (uncredited)
John Hamilton
Professor Cushman (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
Policeman at Helen's Apartment (uncredited)
Beatrice Roberts
Nurse (uncredited)
Charles Wagenheim
Pawnbroker (uncredited)
Production
Company
Universal Pictures
Producer
Ben Pivar
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