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

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Director:
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 (48 total)

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Runtime:
80 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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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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Revealing mistakes: The Bat uses a suction cup and a glass cutter to cut a hole in the glass in order to reach in and unlatch the door. The circular piece of glass attached to the suction cup is twice as thick as the glass from which the hole has been cut. The glass attached to the suction cup is also too thick to cut a hole in using a simple glass cutter. more
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Dr. Malcolm Wells: In my report I shall state that death was caused by a stunning blow followed by severe laceration and hemorrhage.
Lt. Andy Anderson: In plain English, he didn't know what hit him.
Dr. Malcolm Wells: Oh he knew, but he didn't have time to think about it.
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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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