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The Bat Whispers is a american film of genre Drama directed by Roland West released in USA on 13 november 1930 with Chester Morris
The Bat Whispers (1930)
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Add to a movie listThe Bat Whispers is a 1930 American Pre-Code mystery film directed by Roland West, produced by Joseph M. Schenck, and released by United Artists. The film is based on the 1920 mystery play The Bat, written by Avery Hopwood and Mary Roberts Rinehart and previously adapted to film in 1926.
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A mysterious criminal by the name of "The Bat" eludes police and then finally announces his retirement to the country, while a wealthy Cornelia Van Gorder takes up residence in the estate of a famous banker. Along with her maid Lizzie, her niece Dale, and a bank teller disguised as a gardener, she is terrorized by a series of strange events seemingly set in motion by the mysterious Bat. Possible suspects include a doctor, an elderly police lieutenant, a butler, a handyman, and a big-city cop.Actors
Chester Morris
(Detective Anderson)
Una Merkel
(Dale Van Gorder)
Chance Ward
(Police lieutenant)
Richard Tucker
(Mr. Bell)
Wilson Benge
(The Butler)
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