The Bat

~When it flies... someone dies!

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.

Genres

General Information

Release Date: 1959-08-09
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Runtime: 80 min

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