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The Devil Bat

The Devil Bat

He's Trained His Brood of Blood-Hungry Bats to Kill on Command!

1940 1h 8mHorrorScience FictionCrime

Dr. Paul Carruthers is frustrated because he thinks his employers, Mary Heath and Henry Morton, have cheated him out of the company's profits. He decides to get revenge by altering bats to grow twice their normal size and training them to attack when they smell a perfume of his own making. He mixes the perfume into a lotion, which he offers as a gift to Mary and Henry. When they turn up dead, a newspaper reporter decides to investigate.

2.7/5

TMDB score· 88 votes

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Dr. Paul Carruthers is frustrated because he thinks his employers, Mary Heath and Henry Morton, have cheated him out of the company's profits. He decides to get revenge by altering bats to grow twice their normal size and training them to attack when they smell a perfume of his own making. He mixes the perfume into a lotion, which he offers as a gift to Mary and Henry. When they turn up dead, a newspaper reporter decides to investigate.

The vibe

batmad scientistrevengemurderreporter

Behind it

Jean YarbroughJean YarbroughDirectorJohn T. NevilleScreenplayArthur MartinelliCinematography

Cast

Bela LugosiBela LugosiDr. Paul Carruthers
Suzanne KaarenSuzanne KaarenMary Heath
Dave O'BrienDave O'BrienJohnny Layton
Guy UsherGuy UsherHenry Morton
Yolande DonlanYolande DonlanMaxine
Donald KerrDonald Kerr'One-Shot' McGuire
Edmund MortimerMartin Heath
Gene O'DonnellGene O'DonnellDon Morton
Alan BaldwinTommy Heath
John EllisRoy Heath
Arthur Q. BryanArthur Q. BryanJoe McGinty
Hal PriceHal PriceChief Wilkins
John DavidsonJohn DavidsonProf. Percival Garland Raines
Billy GriffithCoroner (scenes deleted)
Wally RairdenWalter King

Director

Jean Yarbrough

Writer

John T. Neville

Release date

13 Dec 1940

Runtime

1h 8m

Studio

PRC

Language

English

Country

United States of America

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Series about The Devil Bat Paul Carruthers and his daughter Nina Carruthers/MacCarron.

The Devil Bat

Dr. Paul Carruthers is frustrated because he thinks his employers, Mary Heath and Henry Morton, have cheated him out of the company's profits. He decides to get revenge by altering bats to grow twice their normal size and training them to attack when they smell a perfume of his own making. He mixes the perfume into a lotion, which he offers as a gift to Mary and Henry. When they turn up dead, a newspaper reporter decides to investigate.

2.7

The Devil Bat

1940

Devil Bat's Daughter

Wishing to dispose of his wife, psychiatrist Dr. Elliott makes his patient Nina think that she suffers from a compulsion to kill. He drugs Nina, murders his wife and leaves evidence that points to Nina. The latter, pre-conditioned by Elliott, also thinks she is guilty.

2.3

Devil Bat's Daughter

1946

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