The Bat (English Subtitled)

Crime, Mystery, Thriller.

Cornelia Van Gorder is a mystery author who lives in a town terrorized by a mysterious murderer known only as "The Bat".

The Bat is said to be a man with no face who murders women at night by ripping out their throats with steel claws.

A series of break-ins and murders by The Bat brings the local chief of detectives to the Van Gorder house. Miss Van Gorder cleverly manages to capture The Bat inside the secret room in her house.

Movie Info

Starring: Vincent Price, Agnes Moorehead, Darla Hood
Directed by: Crane Wilbur

Written by: Crane Wilbur (screen story and screenplay)
Based on: The Circular Staircase 1908 novel by Mary Roberts Rinehart and The Bat (1920 play) by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood
Produced by: C.J. Tevlin

Cinematography: Joseph F. Biroc
Edited by: William Austin
Music by: Louis Forbes

Production company: Liberty Pictures
Distributed by: Allied Artists
Release date: August 9, 1959 (US)

Running time: 80 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English, English subtitled

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