Batman

1943
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4h 20min

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Douglas Croft, Shirley Patterson, and Lewis Wilson in Batman (1943)

Japanese spymaster Prince Daka operates a covert espionage organization located in Gotham City's now-deserted Little Tokyo which turns American scientists into pliable zombies.

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El maestro de espías, el Príncipe Daka, opera una organización de espionaje encubierta ubicada en el ahora abandonado Little Tokyo de Gotham City, que convierte a los científicos estadounide... Leer todoEl maestro de espías, el Príncipe Daka, opera una organización de espionaje encubierta ubicada en el ahora abandonado Little Tokyo de Gotham City, que convierte a los científicos estadounidenses en zombis.El maestro de espías, el Príncipe Daka, opera una organización de espionaje encubierta ubicada en el ahora abandonado Little Tokyo de Gotham City, que convierte a los científicos estadounidenses en zombis.

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William Austin

Alfred Beagle
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William A. Boardway

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Lynton Brent

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Roy Bucko

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George Chesebro

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Harry Evans

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Robert Fiske

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Curiosidades
This is the first filmed appearance of Batman.

Pifias
At the end of Chapter 2, as Batman is battling with the thugs, his cape is ripped off and thrown to the floor. After a brief cutaway to Alfred waiting in the car, it is back on his shoulders with no apparent break in the action.

Citas
Alfred Pennyworth: How many did I kill?
Bruce Wayne: Seven.
Alfred Pennyworth: But there were only four of the ruffians.
Richard Grayson: You killed three of them twice.
Alfred Pennyworth: Where are the bodies?
Bruce Wayne: We threw them out the window.

Créditos adicionales
This serial was promoted under the titles "The Batman", "The Bat Man" and "Bat Man". The actual title on the beginning of each chapter was simply "Batman".

Versiones alternativas
Filmed at the height of the Second World War, this serial originally featured a large amount of racist dialogue. A later reissue (released on video by Goodtimes) maintains the fact the villain is Japanese, but otherwise features new narration and dialogue which substitutes less-racist terminology.

Conexiones
Edited into The Three Stooges Follies (1974)

Banda sonora
Rienzi- Overture
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Composed by Richard Wagner
Used in main title and various episodes

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10/10

Fantastic - one of the most enjoyable of the cliffhanger serials!

Batman is not technically as "good" as other serials such as most Republics, but I do like it better and enjoy it more than most others. Sure it is too long in the middle with 15 chapters and all, but there is just something about it that really appeals to me.

First of all it is Batman. Second, it just drips with atmosphere. All of the scenes in Daka's hideout are done so well that I can hardly imagine them being improved on. There is a darkened smoky atmosphere to the hideout with its walls covered with Japanese paintings and designs. Can anyone possibly think of a better way to have that set look? The theme music and the scraping sound heard when the door to the hideout opens are very distinctive - though minor elements of the serial, they add incredibly to the sum total of my evaluation.

J. Carrol Naish's portrayal of Dr. Daka is amongst the best acting ever done on film. The character and his dialog are just so fitting as the epitome of a villainous "jap" spy. Credit needs to go to the scriptwriters for dreaming it all up and to Naish for the brilliant execution of it. His lines and the trance like expression on his face as he talks about the emperor being the "heavenly ruler and prince of the rising sun" and freeing the "enslaved people of America" are just unbeatable acting.

Some of Daka's underlings are "zombies". They wear a radio headset receiver which has a wire connected to their spine so he can control them. Sure - that makes sense. This is the best example of serial logic and science I've ever seen. Its the perfect thing to describe to people in order to explain how things work in serials.

Of course Daka's scientific devices are powered by radium! Is it just me or do a lot of super scientific devices in serials run on radium? Saying its powered by radium somehow makes it all make sense.

Daka and Emperor Ming are the two ultimate serial villains. Sure there are some others that were really cool, but no one really even come close to them.

Nuff said!