

The Devil Bat
1940-12-13 · 68 min · ★ 5.3
Dr. Paul Carruthers is frustrated because he thinks his employers, Mary Heath and Henry Morton, have cheated him out of the company's profits. He decides to get revenge by altering bats to grow twice their normal size and training them to attack when they smell a perfume of his own making. He mixes the perfume into a lotion, which he offers as a gift to Mary and Henry. When they turn up dead, a newspaper reporter decides to investigate.
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- Jean Yarbrough
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- PRC
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- United States of America
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Bela LugosiDr. Paul Carruthers
Suzanne KaarenMary Heath
Dave O'BrienJohnny Layton
Guy UsherHenry Morton
Yolande DonlanMaxine
Donald Kerr'One-Shot' McGuire
Gene O'DonnellDon Morton
Arthur Q. BryanJoe McGinty
Hal PriceChief Wilkins
John DavidsonProf. Percival Garland RainesTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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