The Brute (1920)
The brute is a gambler, boxing manager and underworld boss who mistreats a young woman. She is forced into marriage with him for money after her original fiance is thought dead. When that man returns, he attempts to rescue her.
- Date of release
- 1920-01-02
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Oscar Micheaux
Casting
- Evelyn Preer — Mildred Carrison
- A.B. DeComathiere — 'Bull' Magee
- Sam Langford — 'Tug' Wilson
- Susie Sutton — Aunt Clara
- Lawrence Chenault — Herbert Lanyon
- Laura Bowman — Mrs. Carrison
- Mattie Edwards — A Guest in 'The Hole'
- Flo Clements — Irene Lanyon (as Foy Clements)
- E.G. Tatum
- Mattie Wilkes
Interesting facts
The Brute is a 1920 silent race film directed, written, produced and distributed by Oscar Micheaux. No print of the film is known to exist and the production is believed to be a lost film. The original version of the film included a scene where the boxer defeats a white rival, but Micheaux was forced to remove the scene by censors.
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