The Brute Man his non-flashback scenes. Jane Adams was cast as the blind pianist Helen Paige. Adams had appeared in several Universal Pictures films before, including the Lon Chaney, Jr. film "House of Dracula" (1945). Jan Wiley was cast as Scott's wife, Virginia. Although Wiley had appeared in several movies throughout the 1930s and 1940s, "The Brute Man" marked one of her final film performances. It was also recalled as one of her most memorable film appearances along with another Universal Pictures B horror film, "She-Wolf of London". However, her performance in "The Brute Man" proved to be a less than memorable one
The Man Who Lost Himself (1941 film) The Man Who Lost Himself (1941 film) The Man Who Lost Himself is a 1941 film starring Brian Aherne and Kay Francis. Aherne plays a man who encounters his exact double and is later mistaken for the other man (now deceased). The film is based on the novel of the same name by Henry De Vere Stacpoole. The novel was also adapted to film in 1920. Department store mogul Malcolm Scott escapes from a mental institution. At a bar, he encounters lookalike John Evans and they get drunk together. John wakes up in Malcolm's home, where butler Paul and others