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5.9Mystery 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.
Released: 1959-08-0980 minDir: Crane WilburHorror, Mystery, Thriller, Crime
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Cast
- Vincent Price as Dr. Malcolm Wells
- Agnes Moorehead as Cornelia van Gorder
- Gavin Gordon as Lt. Andy Anderson
- John Sutton as Warner, the Chauffeur
- Lenita Lane as Lizzie Allen
- Elaine Edwards as Dale Bailey
Themes
- amateur detective
- bat
- black and white
- series of murders
- old dark house
- doctor patient relationship
- mystery writer
- hidden loot
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- Duration
- 80
- Image
- Agnes Moorehead in The Bat.jpg
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- publication date
- 1959-01-01
- title
- The Bat
- Commons category
- The Bat (1959 film)
- review score
- 17%
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1950s mystery thriller films1959 American films1959 English-language films1959 films1959 horror filmsAllied Artists filmsAmerican black-and-white filmsAmerican films based on playsAmerican mystery thriller filmsEnglish-language horror filmsEnglish-language mystery thriller filmsFilms about writersFilms based on American novelsFilms based on works by Mary Roberts RinehartFilms directed by Crane WilburFilms set in country housesPsycho-biddy filmsRotten Tomatoes ID same as WikidataRotten Tomatoes template using name parameterTemplate film date with 1 release date