the distinctively featured character star rondo hatton his face disfigure by the disease acromegaly get a starring role a a revenge craze murderer dub the creeper by the press . once a handsome if hot temper football star by the name of hal moffat and a lab accident happen to mar his appearance . now he out to strike back at those he blame for his situation and while form a tender friendship with a blind girl and helen paige ( the wonderfully beautiful jane adam ) and who be therefore not bind by any fear of his appearance . be it not for hattons presence ( sadly and this be his last picture ) and this would still be watchable but pretty forgettable . the plot be pretty standard . support performance be acceptable and and the music have a familiar ring to it . there be also point and such a the gin rummy sequence and where the picture ought not to be take too seriously . it well pace ( run just under an hour long ) and reasonably entertaining and but hattons poignant presence make it something different . this be no one dimensionally evil boogeyman and but a man blind by the same temper that afflict him in good day . one can get the sense of the kind and sensitive person that hatton be . while it may have be unfortunate that the movie business be too quick to exploit hattons appearance and there no doubt that he make his mark in cinema . people continue to remember him today and right down to the naming of an award mark achievement in horror research after him . rest in peace and rondo hatton . positive .