The Magnificent Brute (1936 film)

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The Magnificent Brute
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Directed by John G. Blystone
Written by Lewis R. Foster
Owen Francis
Bertram Millhauser
Produced by Edmund Grainger
Charles R. Rogers
Starring Victor McLaglen
Cinematography Merritt B. Gerstad
Edited by Ted J. Kent
Music by Arthur Lange
Production
company
Universal Pictures
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date
  • October 11, 1936 (1936-10-11)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Magnificent Brute is a 1936 American drama film directed by John G. Blystone and starring Victor McLaglen, Binnie Barnes and Jean Dixon. [1] It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction by Albert S. D'Agostino and Jack Otterson. [2]

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Plot

Steve Andrews gets himself at a steel mill but soon makes an enemy of fellow worker Bill Morgan by winning a competition as the most productive worker and then beating him at arm wrestling. He wins the admiration of the landlady of the boarding house and her ten-year old son but then disappoints them both by moving to another lodging and taking up with Della, the girlfriend of his rival worker. Eventually he is able to redeem himself.

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References

  1. Freese p.18
  2. "NY Times: Magnificent Brute". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2012. Archived from the original on October 17, 2012. Retrieved December 8, 2008.

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