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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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Watchable 'Dark House' Mystery more (48 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Vincent Price | ... | Dr. Malcolm Wells | |
| Agnes Moorehead | ... | Cornelia van Gorder | |
| Gavin Gordon | ... | Lt. Andy Anderson | |
| John Sutton | ... | Warner, the chauffeur | |
| Lenita Lane | ... | Lizzie Allen | |
| Elaine Edwards | ... | Dale Bailey | |
| Darla Hood | ... | Judy Hollander | |
| John Bryant | ... | Mark Fleming | |
| Harvey Stephens | ... | John Fleming | |
| Mike Steele | ... | Victor Bailey | |
| Riza Royce | ... | Jane Patterson | |
| Robert Williams | ... | Detective Davenport (as Robert B. Williams) |
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80 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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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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Cornelia van Gorder: This is the Oaks, a house in the country which I've rented for the summer. As an author I write tales of mystery and murder, but the things that have happened in this house are far more fantastic than any book I've ever had published. more
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Featured in "Horror Incorporated: The Bat (1959) (#3.6)" (2003) more
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The cast and story are good enough to make this version of the mystery of "The Bat" watchable, though probably not as good as the earlier movie versions of the story. Agnes Moorehead is this film's strongest point, and Vincent Price also helps, although his role is much more limited. The story is one of the familiar kinds of 'dark house' mysteries, and it is done adequately, but it could have been better.
The story is set up very well in the early scenes of the movie, with a lot of possibilities centering around the house that Moorehead's character has rented. But then, while it holds your interest for the rest of the time, it slows down quite a bit, and it never really makes full use of the potential that it has established. The story also has some unfortunate holes. The country house atmosphere is convincing enough to work for the most part, but it could easily have been better with more detail. Overall, it's worth seeing for anyone who likes the genre, as long as you don't expect too much.