The Devil Bat (1940)
The Devil Bat (1940)
He's Trained His Brood of Blood-Hungry Bats to Kill on Command!
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.

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Cast

Bela Lugosi Bela Lugosi As: Dr. Paul Carruthers
Suzanne Kaaren Suzanne Kaaren As: Mary Heath
Dave O'Brien Dave O'Brien As: Johnny Layton
Guy Usher Guy Usher As: Henry Morton
Yolande Donlan Yolande Donlan As: Maxine
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Storyline

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.


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

Details

Genres: Horror, Science Fiction

Language: English

Release Date: 13 December 1940

Country: US

Runtime: 68m

Film Collections

Company Credits

Company: PRC

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Cast

Bela Lugosi

Bela Lugosi

Dr. Paul Carruthers

Suzanne Kaaren

Suzanne Kaaren

Mary Heath

Dave O'Brien

Dave O'Brien

Johnny Layton

Guy Usher

Guy Usher

Henry Morton

Yolande Donlan

Yolande Donlan

Maxine

Donald Kerr

Donald Kerr

'One-Shot' McGuire

Edmund Mortimer

Edmund Mortimer

Martin Heath

Gene O'Donnell

Gene O'Donnell

Don Morton

Alan Baldwin

Alan Baldwin

Tommy Heath

John Ellis

John Ellis

Roy Heath

Arthur Q. Bryan

Arthur Q. Bryan

Joe McGinty

Hal Price

Hal Price

Chief Wilkins

John Davidson

John Davidson

Prof. Percival Garland Raines

Billy Griffith

Billy Griffith

Coroner (scenes deleted)

Wally Rairden

Wally Rairden

Walter King

Directed By

Writing Credits

John T. Neville

John T. Neville

Screenplay

George Bricker

George Bricker

Original Story

Production Crew

Guy V. Thayer Jr.

Guy V. Thayer Jr.

Associate Producer

Melville De Lay

Melville De Lay

Production Manager

Jack Gallagher

Jack Gallagher

Producer

Edited By

Costume and Makeup

Not currently known.

Sound

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Visual Effects

Not currently known.

Camera

Arthur Martinelli

Arthur Martinelli

Director of Photography

Lighting

Not currently known.

Art Department

Paul Palmentola

Paul Palmentola

Art Direction

Other Crew

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