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Batman and Robin

USA 1949
produced by
Sam Katzman for Columbia
directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet
starring Robert Lowery, Johnny Duncan, Jane Adams, Lyle Talbot, Ralph Graves, Don C. Harvey, William Fawcett, Leonard Penn, Rick Vallin, Michael Whalen, Greg McClure, House Peters jr, Jim Diehl, Rusty Wescoatt, Eric Wilton, Marshall Bradford, James Craven, Frank Ellis, John Hart, Myron Healey, George Offerman jr, Eddie Parker, Allan Ray, Lee Roberts, Emmett Vogan
screenplay by George H. Plympton, Joseph F. Poland, Royal K. Cole, based on the comicbook created by Bob Kane, published by DC Comics, musical director: Mischa Bakaleinikoff

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Batman, Robin

review by
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A hooded villain called The Shadow has stolen a quite remarkable invention from a top secret science lab, a remote control that can remotely control each and every vehicle its controller chooses it to, and also all vehicles at once - and ultimately it's supposed to control even humans. Commissioner Gordon (Lyle Talbot) calls in Batman (Robert Lowery) and Robin (Johnny Duncan) - who of course double as millionaire Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson for cover - for assistance, and even though their investigations are not made any the easier by the remote control's eccentric wheelchair-bound inventor Professor Hammil (William Fawcett), they are soon on the trail of The Shadow and his henchmen, as they know the remote control needs industrial diamonds for fuel. Thus they try to track down The Shadow based upon this knowledge, but their trap just won't spring. Later when The Shadow wants to get his hands on Professor Morton's explosive, Batman and Robin think they can get him on that one, but they only manage to save the professor, actually. To squeeze quite a bundle of money out of the railroad company, The Shadow stops all railroads, but Batman and Robin bring marked and inflammable money to the handover spot (and almost burn to death as a result), so in his desparation, The Shadow stops all traffic - which causes his remote control to overload, and now he's in need of more diamonds. Things are of course not made any easier by the fact that Bruce Wayne's good friend girl reporter Vicki Vale (Jane Adams) is doing some snooping on her own while her brother Jimmy (George Offerman jr) is actually part of The Shadow's gang, and though he repeatedly claims he's only reluctantly so and wants out, he always plays into the hands of the shadow. Aside from that, there's also radio newscaster Brown (Rick Vallin), who publicly passes on vital information to The Shadow in his daily newscast and who might be in league with him or not, might even be The Shadow. Another suspect in whatever is private eye Dunne (Michael Whalen), who has the uncanny ability to be at the wrong spot at the wrong time ... but maybe The Shadow is even Professor Hammil himself, who despite claims to the contrary is actually able to walk, if only after being exposed to some electric rays ...

Ultimately, Jimmy saves Batman's life dressing up as the Batman when he's out, but he's killed in the process. Meanwhile, Professor Hammil has developed a machine to counteract the remote control device, but The Shadow steals it, and finds a way to combine both devices to render him invisible ... but only for a limited time and while he thinks it will make all his more daring heists all the easier, but it actually helps Batman track him down. Ultimately, newscaster Brown wants to expose the identity of The Shadow, but he's killed by invisible Shadow right on air, then Badman and Robin find out The Shadow is Hammil's own valet Carter (Leonard Penn), but then he's shot dead, and Batman doesn't believe this is the end of it - and he's right, actually The Shadow threatens to kill Commissioner Gordon - but somehow misses, and now Batman and Robin hunt him down, find his secret hideout ... and find out he's Carter indeed, and the murdered Carter was actually his twin brother.

 

Batman and Robin is most certainly anything but the reinvention of serial filmmaking, but it's a fun little yarn actually, and an improvement over the more propagandistic Batman. Seriously, for a serial from the late 1940s, Batman and Robin is a pretty decent effort, it's well paced, provides plenty of action, and does feature some rather outlandish ideas to keep things interesting. Sure, there are many a plothole in this one, and disbelief is sometimes strained past breaking point, but in all, rather enjoyable in a time where serials by and large have gone on the dull side of things.

 

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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