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The Bat (1959) -- A crazed killer known as "The Bat" is on the loose in a mansion full of people.

Overview

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5.8/10   1,049 votes
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Director:
Crane Wilbur
Writers:
Avery Hopwood (novel) (play)
Mary Roberts Rinehart (novel) (play)
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Release Date:
9 August 1959 (USA) more
Tagline:
When Someone SCREAMS ... It Will Be YOU! more
Plot:
A crazed killer known as "The Bat" is on the loose in a mansion full of people. full summary | full synopsis
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Very suspenseful...quite good for its day more

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Runtime:
80 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono | Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Canada:G (Ontario) | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Finland:(Banned) (1961) | Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) | USA:Approved (PCA #19363)

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Her role as Judy became the final on-screen feature film role for former child star Darla Hood of Our Gang/Little Rascals fame. more
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Continuity: When Cornelia and Lizzie go into Cornelia's bedroom and prepare to spend the night sleeping in the same room, Cornelia puts the chair in front of the door. Soon after that, Lizzie mentions to Cornelia that she has forgotten her nightclothes, among other things, in her room and has to go get them. When she opens the door to leave the room, the chair that Cornelia had put there is gone. more
Quotes:
Jane Patterson: Lizzie, Warner's not in his room, there's no sign of him anywhere!
Detective Davenport: I was supposed to keep an eye on that guy.
Lizzie Allen: Where's Miss Cornelia? That's what I want to know!
Detective Davenport: Wait a minute, didn't you say the chain and the bolt were off on the front door?
Lizzie Allen: I certainly did.
Detective Davenport: Well Maybe Miss Van Gorder went outside.
Lizzie Allen: Oh she never would, we better look.
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Featured in "Horror Incorporated: The Bat (1959) (#3.6)" (2003) more

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16 out of 17 people found the following comment useful:-
Very suspenseful...quite good for its day, 15 January 2003
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Author: Christopher E. Meadows (robotech@eyrie.org) from Springfield, Missouri

Some people don't like to watch anything that's not in color...they don't know what they're missing. Some people look down at anything made in the fifties or sixties as hopelessly hokey...and they don't know what they're missing either. The Bat is a taut, suspenseful story, and one which proves gore isn't strictly necessary in order to be frightening. Agnes Moorhead shows plenty of spunk, and the great Vincent Price steals every scene in which he appears.

The cinematography of this film is excellent...note the use of dark shadows to conceal and hide peoples' identities, just as the dark mask hides the Bat's face. Jump out of your skin as that eerily-clawed hand appears in frame for the first time. Ignore the truly awful fake-looking bat that appears for a few seconds. No movie's perfect.

And play the adult version of the "Scooby Doo" mystery game...where you try to figure out who are the red herrings and who is the real murderer. It's probably not who you think it is.

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