Batman

1943

4h 20m

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6.4/10

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Japanese master spy Daka operates a covert espionage-sabotage organization located in Gotham City's now-deserted Little Tokyo, which turns American scientists into pliable zombies. The great crime-fighters Batman and Robin, with the help of their allies, are in pursuit.

Directors

Lambert Hillyer

Writers

Bob Kane(characters by)

Victor McLeod(writer by)

Leslie Swabacker(writer by)

Stars

Lewis Wilson

Douglas Croft

J. Carrol Naish

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Bruce Wayne

Dick Grayson

Tito Daka

Linda Page

Alfred

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Hotel Clerk

Intended Lockwood Pilot

Roy Bucko

Barfly

George Chesebro

Brennan

Dick Curtis

Agent Croft of Section 50

Henchman

Agent on Plane

Fred

Foster

Dr. Borden

Cave of Horrors Thug

Male Nurse

Directors

Lambert Hillyer

Writers

Bob Kane(characters by)

Victor McLeod(writer by)

Leslie Swabacker(writer by)

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5/10

15 episodes bolted into one for this full feature version as "Batman" (Lewis Wilson) and "Robin" (Douglas Croft) must thwack and pow their way to victory against the evil plans of "Prince Daka" (J. Carrol Naish). The Prince's dastardly plot involves using the now largely abandoned "Little Tokyo" area as a base for robotising some prominent scientists so he can complete his take over of Gotham City. Can our dynamic duo thwart his plan? The production is seriously stage bound, the constant fisticuffs are all too repetitive and Croft looks about ten years old. It might have worked better in an episodic format, but as a four-hour piece of entertainment it all just recycles itself far too regularly, with defeat for the Prince and his innumerable henchmen being snatched from the jaws of victory just once too often. There are some lighter moments as the caped crusaders regularly deliver the city's most wanted to the cops but the acting is pretty dreadful across the board. It was probably entertaining enough in 1943, but 80 years later it is pretty feeble stuff.

Geronimo196704 Apr, 2022