Batman

Unrated

7/16/19434h 20m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ A HUNDRED TIMES MORE THRILLING ON THE SCREEN! ~

Overview:

Japanese master spy Daka operates a covert espionage-sabotage organization located in Gotham City's now-deserted Little Tokyo, which turns American scientists into pliable zombies. The great crime-fighters Batman and Robin, with the help of their allies, are in pursuit.

Director:

Lambert Hillyer

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

espionage
superhero
based on comic
super power
movie serial

Cast

Lewis Wilson

~ as ~

Bruce Wayne

Douglas Croft

~ as ~

Dick Grayson

J. Carrol Naish

~ as ~

Tito Daka

Shirley Patterson

~ as ~

Linda Page

William Austin

~ as ~

Alfred

Knox Manning

~ as ~

Narrator

Frank Austin

~ as ~

Hotel Clerk

Lynton Brent

~ as ~

Intended Lockwood Pilot

Roy Bucko

~ as ~

Barfly

George Chesebro

~ as ~

Brennan

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
5
15 episodes bolted into one for this full feature version as "Batman" (Lewis Wilson) and "Robin" (Douglas Croft) must thwack and pow their way to victory against the evil plans of "Prince Daka" (J. Carrol Naish). The Prince's dastardly plot involves using the now largely abandoned "Little Tokyo" area as a base for robotising some prominent scientists so he can complete his take over of Gotham City. Can our dynamic duo thwart his plan? The production is seriously stage bound, the constant fisticuffs are all too repetitive and Croft looks about ten years old. It might have worked better in an episodic format, but as a four-hour piece of entertainment it all just recycles itself far too regularly, with defeat for the Prince and his innumerable henchmen being snatched from the jaws of victory just once too often. There are some lighter moments as the caped crusaders regularly deliver the city's most wanted to the cops but the acting is pretty dreadful across the board. It was probably entertaining enough in 1943, but 80 years later it is pretty feeble stuff.