The Bat

(1959)

80 minutes.

Film / Thriller / Horror

Directed by Crane Wilbur

Cast: Vincent Price, Agnes Moorhead, Gavin Gordon, John Sutton, Lenita Lane, Elaine Edwards, and Darla Hood

A faithful film version of the Mary Roberts Rinehart/Avery Hopwood stage play, with a mystery writer (Agnes Moorhead) renting an eerie mansion for the summer. Soon she and her maid are plagued by the masked murderer, “The Bat”, who roams the house looking for treasure.