The Brute Man

A facially disfigured and mentally unhinged man wreaks his revenge on those he blames for his condition.

Cast

Rondo Hatton

as Hal Moffet AKA 'The Creeper'

Tom Neal

as Clifford Scott

Jan Wiley

as Virginia Rogers Scott

Jane Adams

as Helen Paige

Donald MacBride

as Police Captain M. J. Donelly

Peter Whitney

as Police Lieutenant Gates

Fred Coby

as Young Hal Moffet

Janelle Johnson Dolenz

as Joan Bemis (as JaNelle Johnson)

Mary Ann Bricker

as Mary Ann Obringer (uncredited)

Tris Coffin

as Police Lieutenant / voice of radio announcer (uncredited)

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