Film

The Bat

1959 · 1h 20m · Horror · Mystery · Thriller

When it flies... someone dies!

IMDb

6.0

Rotten Tomatoes

17%

Mystery writer Cornelia Van Gorder has rented a country house called "The Oaks", which not long ago was the scene of some murders committed by a strange and violent criminal known as "The Bat". Meanwhile, the house's owner, bank president John Fleming, has recently embezzled one million dollars in securities and has hidden the proceeds in the house, but is killed before he can retrieve it.

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 B. Williams

Detective Davenport

• Crane WilburDirector · Screenplay
• C.J. TevlinProducer
• Joseph F. BirocDirector of Photography
• Louis ForbesOriginal Music Composer
• William AustinEditor

The Bat - 1959 Trailer

Release date

August 9, 1959

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 20m

Rated

16

Genres

Horror, Mystery, Thriller, Crime

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