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The Bat
1959
Cornelia, a mystery story writer decides to rent a spooky house known as the Oaks from John Fleming an employee at the town's bank. Her servants have heard that a serial killer called The Bat is operating in the area and they all decide to leave town. When the local bank manager reports a million dollars missing from the bank .. Read more
| Starring | Vincent Price, Agnes Moorehead, John Sutton, Darla Hood |
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| Director | Crane Wilbur |
| Genres | Horror |
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The Bat
Cornelia, a mystery story writer decides to rent a spooky house known as the Oaks from John Fleming an employee at the town's bank. Her servants have heard that a serial killer called The Bat is operating in the area and they all decide to leave town. When the local bank manager reports a million dollars missing from the bank he and John Fleming his employee become prime suspects. John talks to the local doctor and confesses to the theft. He then kills the doctor to keep his secret safe... Now who is trying to break into the Oaks; The Bat or someone looking for the missing money?
| Starring | Vincent Price, Agnes Moorehead, John Sutton, Darla Hood, Gavin Gordon, Lenita Lane |
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| Director | Crane Wilbur |
| Studio | WHE EUROPE LIMITED |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 20 mins LOVEFiLM Instant: 1 hr 16 mins |
| Certificate |  DVD LOVEFiLM Instant |
| Genres | Horror |
| Language | DVD: English LOVEFiLM Instant: English |
| Released | Production year: 1959 To Watch Online: LOVEFiLM Instant: 06 Aug 2011 To Rent: DVD: 19 May 2003 |
| Watch now | Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant. Subscribe. |
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Poor remake of a standard twenties stage thriller; everyone chews the scenery.
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- Halliwell's Film Guide
- 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
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This print of The Bat is so utterly washed & bleached with white luminescence that it begs belief. Faces of many people in a great many scenes are mouthless... read more »
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- 10 Mar 2007 at 14:03
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Good late 50's who-dun-it
This is actually quite a good fifties who-dun-it. The pace is a bit slow but if you stick with it it's worth spending the 80 minutes to see the story ... read more »
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White-out
This print of The Bat is so utterly washed & bleached with white luminescence that it begs belief. Faces of many people in a great many scenes are mouthless... read more »
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Good Classic
Vincent Price is great, as always. This is an excellent ‘Who done it?’, but nothing original. Just another good murder from the 1950s. Worth seeing... read more »
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- 10 Dec 2006 at 19:45
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The Bat
Cornelia, a mystery story writer decides to rent a spooky house known as the Oaks from John Fleming an employee at the town's bank. Her servants have heard that a serial killer called The Bat is operating in the area and they all decide to leave town. When the local bank manager reports a million ...
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