The Bat Whispers
The Bat Whispers ★★½ 1930
A masked madman is stalking the halls of a creepy mansion; eerie tale that culminates in an appeal to the audience to keep the plot under wraps. Unusually crafted film for its early era. Comic mystery based on the novel and play by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood. 82m/B VHS, DVD . Chester Morris, Chance Ward, Richard Tucker, Wilson Benge, DeWitt Jennings, Una Merkel, Spencer Charters; D: Roland West; W: Roland West; C: Ray June, Robert Planck.
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