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13 November 1930 (USA)
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Look out! The arch criminal is here!
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Despite advance warning to the police, who seal off the area, The Bat, a master criminal, steals a necklace...
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Silly, Hokey, and Wonderful
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Chester Morris | ... | Detective Anderson |
| Chance Ward | ... | Police lieutenant |
| Una Merkel | ... | Dale Van Gorder |
| Richard Tucker | ... | Mr. Bell |
| Wilson Benge | ... | The Butler |
| Maude Eburne | ... | Lizzie Allen |
| William Bakewell | ... | Brook |
| DeWitt Jennings | ... | Police captain |
| Sidney D'Albrook | ... | Police sergeant |
| S.E. Jennings | ... | Man in black mask |
| Grayce Hampton | ... | Cornelia van Gorder |
| Spencer Charters | ... | The Caretaker |
| Gustav von Seyffertitz | ... | Dr. Venner |
| Hugh Huntley | ... | Richard Fleming |
| Charles Dow Clark | ... | Detective Jones |
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Roland West's The Bat Whispers (USA) (complete title)
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83 min
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1.20 : 1 more
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The special effects were shot in 35mm. Process photography techniques, not optical printing, was used to make the 70mm negatives of this footage.
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Remade as Sh! The Octopus (1937)
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Yes, this film is dated. The acting is beyond hammy; only in the early talkies did movies contain this kind of unabashedly theatrical performing. Just when you think Chester Morris couldn't possibly twist his mouth--or curl his eyebrow--or twirl his finger--in a new way, he surprises you and offers a wholly different mugging expression he hadn't pulled out before. Along with the acting, the genre (the creepy old house with hidden panels etc.) became old hat by 1950. So, all right, this movie is stilted and creaks. However, for a film antiquarian, this motion picture is a joy. Its sets and lighting are breathtaking, and one gathers from it why the play was one of the longest running on Broadway at the time. I'll take it over the Vincent Price remake, THE BAT, anyday and I love Vincent Price.