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Batman and Robin
Batman&RobinSerialDVDCover.jpg
DVD cover art
Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet
Produced by Sam Katzman
Written by George H. Plympton
Joseph F. Poland
Royal K. Cole
Based on Characters 
by Bob Kane
Bill Finger
Starring Robert Lowery
Johnny Duncan
Jane Adams
Lyle Talbot
Ralph Graves
Don C. Harvey
William Fawcett
Leonard Penn
Music by Mischa Bakaleinikoff
Cinematography Ira H. Morgan
Editing by Dwight Caldwell
Earl Turner
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)
  • May 26, 1949) (United States)
Running time 15 chapters (263 minutes)
Language English

Batman and Robin is a 15-chapter serial released in 1949 by Columbia Pictures. Robert Lowery played Batman, while Johnny Duncan played Robin. Supporting players included Jane Adams as Vicki Vale and veteran character actor Lyle Talbot as Commissioner Gordon.

Contents

Plot []

The Dynamic Duo face off against the Wizard, a hooded villain with an electrical device which controls cars and a desire to set challenges for the Dynamic Duo, whose identity remains a mystery throughout until the end.

Cast []

Production []

Screen capture.

"As usual on a Katzman production," note Harmon and Glut, "the low budget showed everywhere in money-saving shortcuts, and inadequacies." The Batman costume had a poorly fitting cowl and the Robin costume added pink tights to cover the "hairy-legs" of both the actor and stuntman. The Batmobile is again excluded, but instead of a limousine, as in the first serial, the duo drive around in a 1949 Mercury.[1]

Several mistakes and failures of logic occur in the serial. One example of this is that the film shows the Bat-Signal working in broad daylight. Another occurs when, despite the fact that the heroes' utility belts had been replaced by normal belts with no pockets or pouches for this serial, in order to escape from a vault, Batman pulls the nozzle and hose of an oxy-acetylene torch from his belt to cut through a steel door (the tanks for the torch are not shown); to compound this mistake, it is a full-sized oxy-acetylene torch that would have been impossible to carry unseen on his person. Harmon and Glut suggest that this was probably scripted to be a miniaturised 3-inch torch, as used in the comics, but the film-makers improvised in following the directions for a "blowtorch".[1]

Release []

Home media []

The serial was released on DVD in 2005, timed to coincide with the theatrical release of Batman Begins.

Chapter titles []

  1. Batman Takes Over
  2. Tunnel of Terror
  3. Robin's Wild Ride
  4. Batman Trapped
  5. Robin Rescues Batman
  6. Target - Robin!
  7. The Fatal Blast
  8. Robin Meets the Wizard
  9. The Wizard Strikes Back
  10. Batman's Last Chance
  11. Robin's Ruse
  12. Robin Rides the Wind
  13. The Wizard's Challenge
  14. Batman vs. Wizard
  15. Batman Victorious

Source:[2]

See also []

References []

  1. ^ a b Harmon, Jim; Donald F. Glut. "10. The Long-Underwear Boys "You've Met Me, Now Meet My Fist!"". The Great Movie Serials: Their Sound and Fury. Routledge. pp. 240–242. ISBN 978-0-7130-0097-9 [Amazon-US | Amazon-UK].
  2. ^ Cline, William C. "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 249. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X [Amazon-US | Amazon-UK].

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Preceded by
Bruce Gentry (1949)		 Columbia Serial
Batman and Robin (1949)		 Succeeded by
Adventures of Sir Galahad (1949)