Synopsis
The Brute Man
Hal Moffat (Fred Coby before disfigurement, Rondo Hatton afterwards) is taking wholesale revenge by murdering those he holds responsible for his disfigurement. He's befriended by Helen Paige (Adams), a blind piano teacher. He develops a warmth for her that leads him to add thievery and robbery to his murders so she can be provided with the money for an operation to restore her sight.
Obscure References * "Et tu, Brute Man?"
A play on Julius Caesar's legendary final words, Et tu, Brute?. * "It's Goofus and Gallant!"
Goofus and Gallant are two characters who regularly appear in the magazine Highlights for Children. * "I'm being followed by a brute shadow..."
A parody of the Cat Stevens song "Moon Shadow". * "Professor Cushman was laid to rest in a tiny, battery-powered car!"
A reference to Cushman, a company that manufactures golf carts and parking-patrol vehicles. * "They forgot my Fruit Brute cereal!"
Fruit Brute was a breakfast cereal made from 1975 to 1983, part of the same "Monster Series" as Count Chocula. * "He's Big Head Todd *and* the Monster!"
A reference to the band Big Head Todd and the Monsters. * "Let's make lots of money!"
Crow is quoting the song "Opportunities" by the Pet Shop Boys. * "It's the Cheyenne Social Club!"
The Cheyenne Social Club was a Western comedy film starring Jimmy Stewart as a man who inherits a bordello. * "Oh great, all my Gallery mags are in here!"
Gallery is a pornographic magazine. * "Steelies!"
"Steelies" are a type of marbles. * "Let me put it this way, have you ever seen 'Chained Heat'?"
Chained Heat was a 1983 exploitation film set in a women's prison. * "Rick Astley is selling newspapers!"
Rick Astley is a British pop singer, and more recently the subject of the RickRoll Internet meme and phenomenon.
-Joey "The Cockscomb" Totelli! Ricky "The Bantam" Schiavatillo! Jimmy "Crazy Cock" Cuccini!!
Anyone of 'em could take LaMotta in 3! lol
watda74 1 year ago 20
8:00 That was weird...
tripoli911 1 year ago 15