The Bat (1959)
"When it flies... someone dies!"
ThumbScore
👍 78%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 17%
(RT: 17%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Gavin Gordon as Lt. Andy Anderson
John Sutton as Warner, the Chauffeur
Lenita Lane as Lizzie Allen
Elaine Edwards as Dale Bailey
Darla Hood as Judy Hollander
John Bryant as Mark Fleming
Is The Bat good?
Most people think so. 78% audience score, estimated from 141 TMDB ratings. Critics scored it lower at 17%, but audiences disagreed.
Overview
Mystery writer Cornelia Van Gorder has rented a country house called "The Oaks", which not long ago was the scene of some murders committed by a strange and violent criminal known as "The Bat". Meanwhile, the house's owner, bank president John Fleming, has recently embezzled one million dollars in securities and has hidden the proceeds in the house, but is killed before he can retrieve it. Wikipedia ↗
