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The Bat (1959)

Film · 1959 · 80 min · Horror · Mystery · Thriller

When it flies... someone dies!

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.

Directed by Crane Wilbur

Starring Vincent Price, Agnes Moorehead, Gavin Gordon, John Sutton, Lenita Lane, Elaine Edwards, Darla Hood, John Bryant

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In cinemas17 December 1959
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Physical releaseNot listed
First release anywhere9 August 1959

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