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Lakeshore Classic Movies
The Bat (1959)
Season 2023
Episode 9
Mystery writer (Agnes Moorehead) leases old mansion with a sinister history, as it was the site of several murders the year before, supposedly by a character known only as ‘The Bat’. Is he a monster or just a serial killer and master criminal that robs and kills rich victims? Could it be the suspicious doctor, played by the great Vincent Price?
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