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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.
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