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The Bat

195980 minUnited States
ThrillerCrimeMysteryHorror
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Original language
English
This copy runs
80:04
Subtitles
English

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Synopsis

A mystery novelist rents a country house connected to a banker with a concealed fortune. The property attracts people with incompatible interests and knowledge. As danger closes in, the writer finds herself inside a puzzle more immediate than those she invents.

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DirectorsCrane Wilbur

Inspirations

The material comes through Mary Roberts Rinehart's The Circular Staircase and the stage play The Bat. This version continues a screen history that already included a prominent silent adaptation.

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