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The Devil Bat ()

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A mad scientist develops an aftershave lotion that causes his gigantic bats to kill anyone who wears it.
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Dr. Paul Carruthers
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Mary Heath
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Johnny Layton
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Henry Morton
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Maxine (as Yolande Mallott)
Donald Kerr ...
'One-Shot' McGuire
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Martin Heath (as Edward Mortimer)
Gene O'Donnell ...
Don Morton
Alan Baldwin ...
Tommy Heath
John Ellis ...
Roy Heath
Arthur Q. Bryan ...
Joe McGinty
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Chief Wilkins
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Prof. Raines
Billy Griffith ...
Coroner (scenesDeleted)
Wally Rairden ...
Walter King (as Wally Rairdon)

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Jean Yarbrough ... (as Jean Yarborough)

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John T. Neville ... (screen play by) (as John Thomas Neville)
 
George Bricker ... (original story by)

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Jack Gallagher ... producer (produced by)
Guy V. Thayer Jr. ... associate producer

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Arthur Martinelli ... director of photography

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Holbrook N. Todd ... film editor

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Paul Palmentola

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Melville De Lay ... production manager

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Ferrol Redd ... sound engineer (as Farrell Redd)

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Eugene Joseff ... costume jeweler (uncredited)

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David Chudnow ... musical director
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Plot Summary

Dr. Carruthers feels bitter at being betrayed by his employers, Heath and Morton, when they became rich as a result of a product he devised. He gains revenge by electrically enlarging bats and sending them out to kill his employers' family members by instilling in the bats a hatred for a particular perfume he has discovered, which he gets his victims to apply before going outdoors. Johnny Layton, a reporter, finally figures out Carruthers is the killer and, after putting the perfume on himself, douses it on Carruthers in the hopes it will get him to give himself away. One of the two is attacked as the giant bat makes one of its screaming, swooping power dives. Written by Doug Sederberg

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Taglines Sharp Fanged Blood Sucking DEATH Dives from MIDNIGHT SKIES! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Killer Bats (United States)
  • La chauve-souris du diable (France)
  • El murciélago diabólico (Spain)
  • El ratpenat diabòlic (Spain, Catalan title)
  • Η νυχτερίδα του Διαβόλου (Greece)
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  • 68 min
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Trivia This low-budget thriller, boosted by Bela Lugosi, was one of the biggest successes for the poverty row Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC). After the war, the studio tried to recapture this success by producing an in-name-only sequel, Devil Bat's Daughter (1946), and a virtual shot-by-shot remake, The Flying Serpent (1946). See more »
Goofs When the reporter wrestles the doctor to the ground near the end of the film, their feet clearly wrinkle the fake grass on the set. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Devil Bat's Daughter (1946). See more »
Crazy Credits [Prologue] All Heathville loved Paul Carruthers, their kindly village doctor. No one suspected that in his home laboratory on a hillside overlooking the magnificent estate of Martin Heath, the doctor found time to conduct certain private experiments -- weird, terrifying experiments. See more »
Quotes Dr. Paul Carruthers: Now, rub it on the tender part of your neck.
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