Batman (1943)
Note: this print runs 218 minutes against a recorded 260 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.
With Lewis Wilson, Douglas Croft, J. Carrol Naish, Shirley Patterson, William Austin
Batman is a 1943 American 15-chapter theatrical serial from Columbia Pictures, produced by Rudolph C. Flothow, directed by Lambert Hillyer, that stars Lewis Wilson as Batman and Douglas Croft as his sidekick Robin. The serial is based on the DC Comics character Batman, who first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939. The villain is an original character named Dr. Daka, a secret agent of the Japanese Imperial government, played by J. Carrol Naish. Rounding out the cast are Shirley Patterson as Linda Page, Bruce Wayne's love interest, and William Austin as Alfred, the Wayne Manor butler.
Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from YouTube.
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