# The Bat Whispers

Title: The Bat Whispers Summary: A master criminal terrorizes the occupants of an isolated country mansion. Directed by: Roland West Actors: Chance Ward, Richard Tucker, Wilson Benge Production Company: Joseph M. Schenck Productions Release Date: 13 November 1930 (USA) Aspect Ratio: 1.20 : 1 Despite advance warning to the police, who seal off the area, The Bat, a master criminal, steals a necklace from the safe in the house of a rich socialite. He leaves a note saying he is going to the country to give the police a rest. Pausing only to rob a bank at Oakdale, he proceeds to terrorise the occupants of a lonely country mansion, in a mixture of thrills, chills and laughs. At the end, an actor steps forward through a proscenium arch and asks the viewers not to reveal the Bat's identity to their friends. A film noir shot in black and white, mainly at night in dimly lit scenes.

- Kind: Feature
- Year: 1930
- By: Joseph M. Schenck Productions
- Genres: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Crime, Film noir, Mystery
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/bw5558885)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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