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Writers:
Bob Kane (comics)
George H. Plympton (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
26 May 1949 (USA) more
Tagline:
Based On The Well-Known Batman Comic Magazine Feature appearing in "Detective Comics" and "Batman" Magazines more
Plot:
The caped crusaders versus The Wizard, black-hooded mastermind. full summary | add synopsis
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Holy childhood Robin! more (27 total)

Cast

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Robert Lowery ... Batman / Bruce Wayne
Johnny Duncan ... Robin / Dick Grayson (as John Duncan)
Jane Adams ... Vicki Vale

Lyle Talbot ... Commissioner Jim Gordon
Ralph Graves ... Winslow Harrison [Chs. 7-8]
Don C. Harvey ... Henchman Nolan [Chs. 1-6] (as Don Harvey)
William Fawcett ... Prof. Hammil
Leonard Penn ... Carter - Hammil's valet
Rick Vallin ... Barry Brown
Michael Whalen ... Private Investigator Dunne [Chs. 2, 9, 12]
Greg McClure ... Henchman Evans [Chs. 1-6]
House Peters Jr. ... Henchman Earl [Chs. 7-15]
Jim Diehl ... Henchman Jason [Chs. 3-15]
Rusty Wescoatt ... Henchman Ives [Chs. 3-13]
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Adventures of Batman and Robin
The New Adventures of Batman and Robin
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Runtime:
263 min (15 episodes)
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono | Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #13671-13685)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
An animated picture of Batman as played by Robert Lowery appears in the opening credits of The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976). more
Goofs:
Plot holes: For three chapters, Robin tries to persuade Batman that the professor can't be the Wizard because he's a wheelchair invalid. In the 14th chapter, we see the professor up and walking about, even in front of Batman and Robin, with no explanation whatsoever, and no questioning on Batman and Robin's part. more
Quotes:
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Narrator: Crime, striking our city night and day, is on the increase. Our undermanned police force is helpless to cope with the situation, but they have an ally - Batman - who with the faithful Robin, wages unending war against all criminals!
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10 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
Holy childhood Robin!, 29 March 2002
Author: Noel Bailey (uds3@hotmail.com) from Longmont: Colorado US

I don't profess to be in a position to objectively judge the artistic merits of this series since the last (and only) time I saw it, was in 1952, when I was 7. Fifty years tends to warp perspectives! I will therefore comment only as to what it meant to me all those years ago!

It meant everything!! Shown at our local Saturday morning pictures, my friends and I would rock on down to our local Odeon theater in South East London. After Laurel and Hardy, The "Purple People Eaters" and a Jackie Coogan flick the session would close off with this serial. This was as good as jaw dropping excitement got! I didn't pay too much attention to the authenticity of the dialog or sets...just the incessant biffing. Having to wait a WHOLE WEEK to find out how Batman or Robin escaped from their impending fate...be it a bomb or approaching steam train, was exquisite torture!

In hindsight, this serial probably WAS the inspiration behind the 1960's Adam West/Burt Ward revival. It was campy but Oh, such fun. You have no idea just how MUCH fun - to a seven year old!

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