{"id":16663,"date":"2011-04-21T12:17:59","date_gmt":"2011-04-21T19:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=16663"},"modified":"2020-12-27T11:48:17","modified_gmt":"2020-12-27T18:48:17","slug":"brute-man-the-1946","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=16663","title":{"rendered":"Brute Man, The (1946)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;You never can tell what a man will do when his mind&#8217;s affected.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Brute-Man-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Brute-Man-Poster-153x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"153\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Brute-Man-Poster-153x300.jpg 153w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Brute-Man-Poster-65x128.jpg 65w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 153px) 100vw, 153px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA former college football hero (Rondo Hatton) disfigured in a chemistry accident seeks revenge on those he feels wronged by, and befriends a sympathetic blind pianist (Jane Adams).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Blindness<\/li>\n<li>Detectives and Private Eyes<\/li>\n<li>Disfigured Faces<\/li>\n<li>Serial Killers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nBest known for providing disfigured actor Rondo Hatton with his one and only leading role, <em>The Brute Man<\/em> is viewed by many as a campy B-movie pleasure, and has been spoofed by the MST3K crew (it&#8217;s available to watch in this format on YouTube). Running for less than an hour, it&#8217;s an economically made, competently filmed police procedural with atmospheric cinematography (by Maury Gertsman) and an inherent sense of pathos, given what we know about Hatton&#8217;s tragic existence (he developed <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Acromegaly\">acromegaly<\/a> as an adult, and gradually became more and more disfigured, which afforded him a career as a &#8220;natural&#8221; monster in Hollywood). <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Brute-Man-Hattan.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Brute-Man-Hattan-1024x767.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"479\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-59943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Brute-Man-Hattan-1024x767.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Brute-Man-Hattan-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Brute-Man-Hattan-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Brute-Man-Hattan-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Brute-Man-Hattan-360x270.png 360w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Brute-Man-Hattan.png 1381w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately &#8212; or fortunately, depending on how you look at it &#8212; certain elements of the screenplay are handled in such a ludicrously unbelievable fashion that the film never really &#8220;works&#8221; as a realistic thriller: the Brute Man&#8217;s first encounter with an impossibly kind blind pianist (Adams), for instance, defies belief on all levels (there&#8217;s no way any woman would automatically trust a gravelly voiced stranger entering her apartment, to the point that two minutes later, she covers for him in a lie with the police). <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Brute-Force-Cinematography2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Brute-Force-Cinematography2-1024x772.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"483\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-59944\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Brute-Force-Cinematography2-1024x772.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Brute-Force-Cinematography2-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Brute-Force-Cinematography2-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Brute-Force-Cinematography2-768x579.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Brute-Force-Cinematography2-358x270.png 358w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Brute-Force-Cinematography2.png 1371w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, film fanatics may be curious to check this film out simply to see Hatton &#8212; who does a serviceable job in the role. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rondoaward.com\/\">here<\/a> to read more about an award named in honor of Hatton. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fine noir-ish cinematography by Maury Gertsma<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Brute-Force-Cinematography3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Brute-Force-Cinematography3-1024x769.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-59945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Brute-Force-Cinematography3-1024x769.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Brute-Force-Cinematography3-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Brute-Force-Cinematography3-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Brute-Force-Cinematography3-768x577.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Brute-Force-Cinematography3-360x270.png 360w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Brute-Force-Cinematography3.png 1389w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though you may want to check it out simply for its historical interest. Listed as a Camp Classic in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0038387\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvddrive-in.com\/reviews\/a-d\/bruteman1946.htm\">DVD Drive-In Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;You never can tell what a man will do when his mind&#8217;s affected.&#8221; Synopsis: A former college football hero (Rondo Hatton) disfigured in a chemistry accident seeks revenge on those he feels wronged by, and befriends a sympathetic blind pianist (Jane Adams). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Blindness Detectives and Private Eyes Disfigured Faces Serial Killers Review: Best known for providing disfigured actor Rondo Hatton with his one and only leading role, The Brute Man is viewed by many as&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=16663\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16663"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59946,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16663\/revisions\/59946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}