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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Premios
- 1 nominación en total

Hotel Clerk
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William Austin

Alfred Beagle
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William A. Boardway

Plane Passenger
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Lynton Brent

Intended Lockwood Pilot
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Roy Bucko

Barfly
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George Chesebro

Brennan [Ch. 1-3]
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Dick Curtis

Agent Croft of Section 50 [Ch. 10-12])
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Jimmy Dime

Henchman
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Lester Dorr

Agent on Plane [Ch. 10]
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Kenne Duncan

Fred - the Mechanic [Ch. 5-6]
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Harry Evans

Restaurant Patron
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Robert Fiske

Foster [Ch. 1-4]
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Sam Flint

Dr. G.H. Borden [Ch. 1]
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Jerry Frank

Cave of Horrors Thug
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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
(uncredited)
Composed by Richard Wagner
Used in main title and various episodes

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7/10

The First Appearance of Batman on the Screen and in Serial

In Gothan City, in the Word War II, the Japanese spy Dr. Tito Daka (J. Carrol Naish) has a gang working for the Japanese government. He plans to steal a radium load to use in a lethal weapon and hijack an American prototype airplane. The evil Dr. Daka uses a machine to turn people into zombies to work for him. Batman is indeed the lazy millionaire Bruce Wayne (Lewis Wilson), and Robin is his protegee Dick Grayson (Douglas Croft) that are supported by the butler and chauffeur Alfred Pennyworth (William Austin). Bruce Wayne's love interest is Linda Page (Shirley Patterson) and Dr. Daka kidnaps her uncle Martin Warren to help him in his research but turns him into a zombie when he refuses to cooperate with the mastermind of the spy ring. Along fifteen Chapters, Dr. Daka stumbles upon Batman and the boy wonder Robin and they will fight each other.

"Batman" (1943) is the landmark of the first appearance of Batman on the screen and in serial at the climax of World War II. This low budget serial does not have the Batmobile; instead, Batman and Robin use Bruce Wayne's Cadillac convertible driven by Alfred. The plot has anti-Japanese messages and is silly, naive and funny in many moments, but is also highly entertaining and divided in 15 Chapters that were presented in the theaters once a week; now they are available on DVD. (1) The Electrical Brain; (2) The Bat's Cave; (3) The Mark of the Zombies; (4) Slaves of the Rising Sun; (5) The Living Corpse; (6) Poison Peril; (7) The Phoney Doctor (8) Lured by Radium; (9) The Sign of the Sphinx; (10) Flying Spies; (11) A Nipponese Trap; (12) Embers of Evil; (13) Eight Steps Down (14) The Executioner Strikes; (15) The Doom of the Rising Sun. Maybe the funniest scenes are when Dr. Daka communicates with his submarine by radio and they release a coffin with a near-death Japanese soldier only to tell that he should hijack an airplane; and when a spy breaks the window of the airplane to throw off a cargo of radium using parachutes for Dr. Daka's men. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Batman"