Back الوطواط (فيلم 1959) Arabic الوطواط ARZ Das Biest (1959) German خفاش (فیلم ۱۹۵۹) Persian Le Masque (film) French Il mostro che uccide Italian The Bat (film din 1959) Romanian
| The Bat | |
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| 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 Avery Hopwood |
| Produced by | C.J. Tevlin |
| Starring | Vincent Price Agnes Moorehead Darla Hood |
| Cinematography | Joseph F. Biroc |
| Edited by | William Austin |
| Music by | Louis Forbes |
Production company | Liberty Pictures |
| Distributed by | Allied Artists |
Release date |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Bat is a 1959 American crime-mystery thriller starring Vincent Price and Agnes Moorehead. It is the fourth film adaptation of the story, which began as a 1908 novel The Circular Staircase by Mary Roberts Rinehart, which she later adapted (with Avery Hopwood) into the 1920 play The Bat.[1][2][3] The first film version of the play was the 1926 American silent film The Bat. The film version was adapted by playwright Crane Wilbur, who also directed.[4]
The Bat was distributed in 1959 on a double bill with the British Hammer film The Mummy.[1] Now in the public domain, The Bat is available for online download.[5]
- ^ a b Thompson, Nathaniel "The Bat" (article) on TCM.com
- ^ "The Bat" (1920) on Internet Broadway Database
- ^ "The Bat" (show) on Internet Broadway Database
- ^ Erickson, Hal (2015). "The-Bat - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 11, 2015. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
- ^ The Bat (1959) is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive