---
title: 'The Bat (1959)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Crane Wilbur'
released: '1959-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 80
genres:
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Mystery'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-bat-1959'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052602/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Bat (1959)

1959 · 80 min · Horror, Mystery · United States


## Synopsis

The Bat is a 1959 American crime-mystery thriller starring Vincent Price and Agnes Moorehead. It is the fourth film adaptation of the story, which began as a 1908 novel The Circular Staircase by Mary Roberts Rinehart, which she later adapted into the 1920 play The Bat. The first film version of the play was the 1926 American silent film The Bat.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Crane Wilbur](https://cinepixo.com/people/crane-wilbur)
- **Screenplay:** [Mary Roberts Rinehart](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-roberts-rinehart), [Avery Hopwood](https://cinepixo.com/people/avery-hopwood)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Louis Forbes](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-forbes)
- **Director of Photography:** [Joseph F. Biroc](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-f-biroc)
- **Editor:** [William Austin](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-austin)

## Cast

- [Darla Hood](https://cinepixo.com/people/darla-hood)
- [Agnes Moorehead](https://cinepixo.com/people/agnes-moorehead)
- [Vincent Price](https://cinepixo.com/people/vincent-price)
- [Elaine Edwards](https://cinepixo.com/people/elaine-edwards)
- [Harvey Stephens](https://cinepixo.com/people/harvey-stephens)
- [Robert B. Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-b-williams)
- [Gavin Gordon](https://cinepixo.com/people/gavin-gordon)
- [John Sutton](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-sutton)

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