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59% Critic Match
The Bat
“When it flies... someone dies!”
5.9 / 10• 1959• 1h 20m•NR• English
HorrorMysteryThrillerCrime
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Vincent Price
Dr. Malcolm Wells
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Crane Wilbur's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Bat is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
