History Trivia / TheBruteMan

* MissingEpisode: ''The Brute Man'' was secretively sold to Producers Releasing Corporation in August 1946 and published in October that year under the PRC banner. In 1947, PRC was disbanded and that was the last seen of ''The Brute Man''. Madison Pictures picked up from PRC's downfall and handled cinema re-releases and television debuts for the orphaned films until 1955, but ''The Brute Man'' wasn't among them. When the film also wasn't included in the 1958 ''Son of Shock'' package, meaning Universal hadn't re-obtained it either, it came to be believed that ''The Brute Man'' was lost. This assumption was corrected in 1982 when Admit One released it on Betamax and VHS.
* OrphanedReference: The police investigation only concerns itself with three murder victims prior to the death of the pawnbroker: Professor Cushman, Joan Bemis, and Jimmy. Yet when shortly before his own murder Jimmy listens to the radio, mention is made of five murder victims. It is unknown who the other three were supposed to be.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The plot of the film was semi-biographical as the story revolved around a handsome college athlete scarred and turned into a monster by an accident. While Creator/RondoHatton suffered from acromegaly, Hollywood did claim Rondo was disfigured in a gas explosion (during World War I), just as Hal suffered in the movie.

* OrphanedReference: The police investigation only concerns itself with three murder victims prior to the death of the shopkeeper: Professor Cushman, Joan Bemis, and Jimmy. Yet when shortly before his own murder Jimmy listens to the radio, mention is made of five murder victims. It is unknown who the other three were supposed to be.

* MissingEpisode: ''The Brute Man'' was secretively sold to Producers Releasing Corporation in August 1946 and published in October that year under the PRC banner. In 1947, PRC was disbanded and that was the last seen of ''The Brute Man''. Madison Pictures picked up from PRC's downfall and handled cinema re-releases and television debuts for the orphaned films until 1955, but ''The Brute Man'' wasn't among them. When Universal also was proven not to have re-obtained it by the film's omission from the 1958 ''Son of Shock'' package, it came to be believed that ''The Brute Man'' was lost. This assumption was corrected in 1982 when Admit One released it on Betamax and VHS.

* MissingEpisode: ''The Brute Man'' was secretively sold to ''The Brute Man'' to Producers Releasing Corporation in August 1946 and published in October that year under the PRC banner. In 1947, PRC was disbanded and that was the last seen of ''The Brute Man''. Madison Pictures picked up from PRC's downfall and handled cinema re-releases and television debuts for the orphaned films until 1955, but ''The Brute Man'' wasn't among them. When Universal also was proven not to have re-obtained it by the film's absence from the 1958 ''Son of Shock'' package, it came to be believed that ''The Brute Man'' was lost. This assumption was corrected in 1982 when Admit One released it on Betamax and VHS.

* OrphanedReference: The police investigation only ever concerns itself with three murder victims: Professor Cushman, Joan Bemis, and Jimmy. Yet when shortly before his own murder Jimmy listens to the radio, mention is made of five murder victims. It is unknown who the other three were supposed to be.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Partially, Creator/RondoHatton suffered from acromegaly. In a straighter sense, Hollywood did claim Rondo was disfigured in a gas explosion (during World War I), just as Hal suffered in the movie.
* RealitySubtext: The plot of the film was semi-biographical as the story revolved around a handsome college athlete scarred and turned into a monster by an accident. Hatton, who suffered from acromegaly, was dying during filming,[[note]]His poor health was not a secret either; co-star Jane Adams recalled that Hatton had trouble remembering his lines and seemed both physically and mentally exhausted throughout the shoot[[/note]] and passed away shortly after filming. [[OldShame Universal felt guilty about exploiting Hatten's disease to the extent]] that they sold the film rights to Republic and completely disowned the film. Also like the Creeper, Hatton really did start life as an [[https://i.ibb.co/m5JLKXz/Rondo-Hatton-before-Acromaelgy.jpg incredibly cute guy]] before acromegaly set in. Yep; The hideous-looking Creeper was once a PrettyBoy.

* MissingEpisode: ''The Brute Man'' was absent from the ''Son of Shock'' package Universal put on offer to television stations in 1958, even though ''Shock!'' already contained ''House of Horrors''. This, combined with the rushed and secretive sale of ''The Brute Man'' to Producers Releasing Corporation in 1946, led people to believe that the film was lost. This assumption was corrected in 1982 when Admit One released it on Betamax and VHS.

* MissingEpisode: The film was missing for about thirty years.

* RealitySubtext: The plot of the film was semi-biographical as the story revolved around a handsome college athlete scarred and turned into a monster by an accident. Hatton, who suffered from acromegaly, was dying during filming,[[note]]His poor health was not a secret either; co-star Jane Adams recalled that Hatton had trouble remembering his lines and seemed both physically and mentally exhausted throughout the shoot[[/note]] and passed away shortly after filming. [[OldShame Universal felt guilty about exploiting Hatten's disease to the extent]] that they sold the film rights to Republic and completely disowned the film. Also like the Creeper, Hatton really did start life as an [[https://i.ibb.co/m5JLKXz/Rondo-Hatton-before-Acromaelgy.jpg incredibly cute guy]] before acromegaly set in. Yep; The hideous-looking Creeper was once a PrettyBoy.

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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Partially, Creator/RondoHatton suffered from acromegaly.

* RealitySubtext: The plot of the film was semi-biographical as the story revolved around a handsome college athlete scarred and turned into a monster by an accident. Hatton, who suffered from acromegaly, was dying during filming,[[note]]His poor health was not a secret either; co-star Jane Adams recalled that Hatton had trouble remembering his lines and seemed both physically and mentally exhausted throughout filming[[/note]] and passed away shortly after filming. [[OldShame Universal felt guilty about exploiting Hatten's disease to the extent]] that they sold the film rights to Republic and completely disowned the film. Also like the Creeper, Hatton really did start life as an [[https://i.ibb.co/m5JLKXz/Rondo-Hatton-before-Acromaelgy.jpg incredibly cute guy]] before acromegaly set in. Yep; The hideous-looking Creeper was once a PrettyBoy.

* RealitySubtext: The plot of the film was semi-biographical as the story revolved around a handsome college athlete scarred and turned into a monster by an accident. Hatton, who suffered from acromegaly, was dying during filming, and passed away shortly after filming. [[OldShame Universal felt guilty about exploiting Hatten's disease to the extent]] that they sold the film rights to Republic and completely disowned the film. Also like the Creeper, Hatton really did start life as an [[https://i.ibb.co/m5JLKXz/Rondo-Hatton-before-Acromaelgy.jpg incredibly cute guy]] before acromegaly set in. Yep; The hideous-looking Creeper was once a PrettyBoy.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Tom Neal would star in the seminal FilmNoir ''Film/{{Detour}}''.

* RealitySubtext: The plot of the film was semi-biographical as the story revolved around a handsome college athlete scarred and turned into a monster by an accident. Hatton, who suffered from acromegaly, was dying during filming, and passed away shortly after filming. [[OldShame Universal felt guilty about exploiting Hatten's disease to the extent]] that they sold the film rights to Republic and completely disowned the film.
** Hatton really did start life as an [[http://oi68.tinypic.com/29x9mox.jpg incredibly cute guy]] before acromegaly set in. Yep; The hideous-looking Creeper was once a PrettyBoy.
* RetroactiveRecognition: Tom Neal would star in the seminal FilmNoir ''Film/{{Detour}}''.

** Hatton really did start life as an [[http://oi68.tinypic.com/29x9mox.jpg incredibly cute guy]] before acromegaly set in. Yep; The hideous-looking Creeper was once a PrettyBoy.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Tom Neal, playing Clifford Scott, was the star of the FilmNoir classic ''Detour'' (1945). He was also Bob Boxbody from ''Film/RadarSecretService''.
** The wannabe hepcat little girl's mother is Aunt Flavia from ''TheThingThatCouldntDie''.

** Hatton really did start life as an [[http://oi68.tinypic.com/29x9mox.jpg incredibly cute guy]] before acromegaly set in. Yep; The hideous-looking Creeper was once a PrettyBoy.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Tom Neal, playing Clifford Scott, was the star of the FilmNoir classic ''Detour'' (1945). He was also Bob Boxbody from RadarSecretService.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Partially, Rondo Hatton suffered from acromegaly.
* ShoutOut: Inverted, Hatton's face was the inspiration for a villain in ''Film/TheRocketeer''.
** As well as one of the aliens in ''Film/MenInBlack II''.

** As well as one of the aliens in ''MenInBlack II''.

** As well as one of the aliens in ''MenInBlacx II''.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Tom Neal, playing Clifford Scott was also Bob Boxbody from RadarSecretService

* ShoutOut: Inverted, Hatton's face was the inspiration for a villain in ''TheRocketeer''.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Clifford Scott was Bob Boxbody from RadarSecretService