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A master criminal terrorizes the occupants of an isolated country mansion.A master criminal terrorizes the occupants of an isolated country mansion.A master criminal terrorizes the occupants of an isolated country mansion.
- Director
- Writers
- Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Avery Hopwood
- Roland West(uncredited)
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- GoofsAfter the bank robbery, there is a obvious slot in the "road" where the miniature car travels.
- Quotes
The Unknown: What I'd like to know is how did you get the dope from headquarters on this case?
Detective Anderson: The same way I get everything, with my mind. I've got the greatest brain that ever existed.
- Crazy creditsAfter the film an actor comes onto a movie house stage and implores the audience to withhold the identity of the bat from family and friends so they can also enjoy the movie.
- Alternate versionsThis film was shot in two versions with a different director of photography for each. One is in standard 35mm and the other in an early 65mm process. The 65mm version is considered "stagebound" (it was actually based on a popular play) while the 35mm version is considered more "cinematic". Prints of both versions still exist.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Cinemassacre's Bat-a-Thon (2008)
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Great old black and white mystery/suspenser.
This is a great old black and white mystery/suspenser. If you have the capacity to enjoy films of the 30's and 40's and you like mysteries and fine film craftsmanship, see his movie. Chester Morris is very good as the lead. The plot is relatively true to the Hopwood/Rinehart original screenplay. The setting is an old mansion with a spinster and family members terrified by a super criminal known as the Bat. They get outside help, but the Bat strikes anyway. Who is the Bat? What does he want in the old mansion? The story answers those questions in a most old-fashioned, entertaining manner. Of the three movie versions of the Bat, the 1926 silent, the 1950's Vincent Price/Agnes Moorhead version, and this one, this is the best.
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- Roland West's The Bat Whispers
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- Runtime1 hour 23 minutes
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