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6.4/10 • 109

1943-07-164h 20m

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A HUNDRED TIMES MORE THRILLING ON THE SCREEN!

Japanese master spy Daka operates a covert espionage-sabotage organization located in Gotham City's now-deserted Little Tokyo, which turns American scientists into pliable zombies. The great crime-fighters Batman and Robin, with the help of their allies, are in pursuit.

Directors
Lambert Hillyer
Writters
Leslie Swabacker, Victor McLeod, Harry L. Fraser
Characters
Bob Kane
Editors
Leslie Swabacker, Victor McLeod, Harry L. Fraser, Earl Turner

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  1. Lewis Wilson

    Lewis Wilson

    Bruce Wayne

  2. Douglas Croft

    Douglas Croft

    Dick Grayson

  3. J. Carrol Naish

    J. Carrol Naish

    Tito Daka

  4. Shirley Patterson

    Shirley Patterson

    Linda Page

  5. William Austin

    William Austin

    Alfred

  6. Knox Manning

    Knox Manning

    Narrator

  7. Frank Austin

    Frank Austin

    Hotel Clerk

  8. Lynton Brent

    Lynton Brent

    Intended Lockwood Pilot

  9. Roy Bucko

    Roy Bucko

    Barfly

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CinemaSerf

Apr 4, 2022

5/10

15 episodes bolted into one for this full feature version as "Batman" (Lewis Wilson) and "Robin" (Douglas Croft) must thwack and pow their way to victory against the evil plans of "Prince Daka" (J. Carrol Naish). The Prince's dastardly plot involves using the now largely abandoned "Little Tokyo" area as a base for robotising some prominent scientists so he can complete his take over of Gotham City. Can our dynamic duo thwart his plan? The production is seriously stage bound, the constant fisticuffs are all too repetitive and Croft looks about ten years old. It might have worked better in an episodic format, but as a four-hour piece of entertainment it all just recycles itself far too regularly, with defeat for the Prince and his innumerable henchmen being snatched from the jaws of victory just once too often. There are some lighter moments as the caped crusaders regularly deliver the city's most wanted to the cops but the acting is pretty dreadful across the board. It was probably entertaining enough in 1943, but 80 years later it is pretty feeble stuff.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
espionagesuperherobased on comicsuper powermovie serial