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The Bat Whispers is a 1930 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Roland West, produced by Joseph M. Schenck, and released by United Artists. The film is based on the 1920 mystery play The Bat, written by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood, and is the second film version by the same director, previously adapted in 1926. An early talkie ...
The Bat Whispers: Directed by Roland West. With Chester Morris, Una Merkel, William Bakewell, Grayce Hampton. A master criminal terrorizes the occupants of an isolated country mansion.
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- Crime, Drama, Horror
- Roland West
- 1930-11-13
May 12, 2019 · Murder mystery, suspense and comedy based on a successful stage play by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood. Good cast and good production noted for its innovative visuals, Eighty minutes plus of old-dark-house fun. Remade in 1937 as “Sh! The Octopus,” in 1939 as “The Gorilla” and in 1956 as “The Bat.” IMDB rating 6.5. Directed by Roland West.
- 84 min
- 9.8K
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A master criminal, the Bat, terrorizes the occupants of a country mansion and robs a bank. He is finally exposed as Detective Anderson, who was clobbered by the Bat earlier and took his identity.
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- Chester Morris
- Roland West
The Bat Whispers is a 1930 American Pre-Code mystery film directed by Roland West, produced by Joseph M. Schenck, and released by United Artists. The film is based on the 1920 mystery play The Bat, written by Avery Hopwood and Mary Roberts Rinehart and previously adapted to film in 1926.
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West's most visually adventurous film is The Bat Whispers (1930), a remake of his own 1926 old dark house thriller The Bat. This new Bat was updated with the recent technology of sound and the absolutely new technology of Magnifilm -- an experimental 65mm widescreen process (23 years before the invention of Cinemascope).
