 702 - THE BRUTE MAN (1946; 1945; NR; 60m)Shown with Short: 702S-The Chicken of Tomorrow Plot: A guy blames his facial disfigurement on his former college classmates and seeks revenge.
The Creeper a.k.a. Hal Moffat / Rondo Hatton* Trivia: A 1913 picture from a high school yearbook confirms that RONDO HATTON (1894-1946) at one time was a handsome, athletic young man whose life would be cut short by the disfiguring disease acromegaly. It was during his tour of France during World War I that Hatton was exposed to chemical warfare which attacked his pituitary glands, eventually causing abnormal skeletal growth in the face, hands and feet. (This disease can be cured today if caught early enough. The acromegaly of British actor Paul Benedict--he played Bentley on TV's The Jeffersons--was surgically stopped after minor progression). In 1930, while working as a reporter in Florida on an article about a movie being made there (Hell Harbor), Rondo was cast by director Henry King in the part of a dock-side saloon owner. When Hatton moved to Hollywood in 1936, Henry King immediately cast him in his next picture, In Old Chicago, and Rondo worked very steadily in films until his death. In 1944, he first played the role of "The Creeper" in the Sherlock Holmes mystery, The Pearl of Death, but it was only in THE BRUTE MAN that The Creeper role was the lead. The plot of the movie, made in late 1945, even somewhat paralleled Hatton's real life. Sadly he did not get to enjoy THE BRUTE MAN's success as he died two months before its release. He was buried at the American Legion Cemetery in Tampa, Florida. JANELLE JOHNSON DOLENZ (1923-1995) was the mother of Mickey Dolenz (of The Monkees) and grandmother of actress Ami Dolenz. She only made one other movie, 1944's Since You Went Away. Last Updated: 6/10/1999 Movies by Year | Titles by Experiment # | Titles by Alphabetical Order Performers and Production Crew
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