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Cast
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| Bela Lugosi | ... | Dr. Paul Carruthers | |
| Suzanne Kaaren | ... | Mary Heath | |
| Dave O'Brien | ... | Johnny Layton | |
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Guy Usher | ... | Henry Morton |
| Yolande Donlan | ... | Maxine (as Yolande Mallott) | |
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Donald Kerr | ... | 'One-Shot' McGuire |
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Edmund Mortimer | ... | Martin Heath (as Edward Mortimer) |
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Gene O'Donnell | ... | Don Morton |
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Alan Baldwin | ... | Tommy Heath |
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John Ellis | ... | Roy Heath |
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Arthur Q. Bryan | ... | Joe McGinty |
| Hal Price | ... | Chief Wilkins | |
| John Davidson | ... | Prof. Raines | |
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Billy Griffith | ... | Coroner (scenes deleted) |
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Wally Rairden | ... | Walter King (as Wally Rairdon) |
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Storyline
Dr. Carruthers feels bitter at being betrayed by his employers, Heath and Morton, when they became rich as a result of a product he devised. He gains revenge by electrically enlarging bats and sending them out to kill his employers' family members by instilling in the bats a hatred for a particular perfume he has discovered, which he gets his victims to apply before going outdoors. Johnny Layton, a reporter, finally figures out Carruthers is the killer and, after putting the perfume on himself, douses it on Carruthers in the hopes it will get him to give himself away. One of the two is attacked as the giant bat makes one of its screaming, swooping power dives. Written by Doug Sederberg <vornoff@sonic.net>
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giant bat | aftershave lotion | mad scientist | revenge | newspaper reporter |Taglines:
He's Trained His Brood of Blood-Hungry Bats to Kill on Command! See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
13 December 1940 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Killer Bats See more »Company Credits
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Mono (RCA Sound System)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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Dr. Paul Carruthers: [thick Hungarian accent] Imbecile! Bombastic ignoramus!
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Trivia
This was the first, and most successful, horror film from Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC) after it was formed from the failed Producers Distrubuting Corporation (PDC). Filming began October 28 1940. See more »Goofs
Throughout the movie, references are made to Illinois locations (Chicago, Peoria, Springfield), yet the scenery shown at the beginning of the movie is clearly Californian. See more »Quotes
[after listening to a scientist's theory on the radio]Dr. Paul Carruthers: [thick Hungarian accent] Imbecile! Bombastic ignoramus!
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Crazy Credits
[Prologue] All Heathville loved Paul Carruthers, their kindly village doctor. No one suspected that in his home laboratory on a hillside overlooking the magnificent estate of Martin Heath, the doctor found time to conduct certain private experiments -- weird, terrifying experiments. See more »Alternate Versions
Also available in a colorized version. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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'One Shot' McGuire steals this show. Donald Kerr turns in a great performance as frenchy chasing Newspaper photographer/Johnny Layton cronie. I think it's his best role since Happy Hapton in Mars attacks the World.
I love the look on Bela's face whenever he delivers the cryptic farewell, "Good bye". Ever since I saw this film I can't wear aftershave.But what a diabolical plan. It was almost perfect. I can't wait to see Devil Bat's Daughter. I hope it's better than Dracula's Daughter.
I love when the family patriarch stops by Bela's in the beginning and tells him how he just went over the figures and it turns out he's a lot richer than Bela. After he leaves, Bela has a thinking voice over as his diabolical laughing face turns into an intense bitter stare.
Man this movie is Awesome, and what a fitting ending.