Batman and robin 1949

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Robert Lowery played Batman, while Johnny Duncan played Robin. Supporting players includedJane Adams as Vicki Vale and veteran character actor Lyle Talbot as Commissioner Gordon. {| class="toc" id="toc" style="font-size: 12px; color: black; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; "

Contents
[hide]*1 Plot
 * 2 Cast
 * 3 Production
 * 4 Release
 * 4.1 Home media
 * 5 Chapter titles
 * 6 See also
 * 7 References
 * 8 External links
 * }

[edit]Plot
The plot dealt with the Dynamic Duo facing off against the Wizard, a hooded villain whose identity remains a mystery throughout the serial until the end.

[edit]Cast

 * Robert Lowery as Batman/Bruce Wayne
 * Johnny Duncan as Robin/Dick Grayson
 * Jane Adams as Vicki Vale
 * Lyle Talbot as Commissioner Jim Gordon
 * Ralph Graves as Winslow Harrison
 * Don C. Harvey as Nolan, a henchman
 * William Fawcett as Professor Hammil
 * Leonard Penn as Carter, Hammil's valet and The Wizard
 * Rick Vallin as Barry Brown, a radio announcer
 * Michael Whalen as Dunne, a private investigator
 * Greg McClure as Evans, a henchman
 * House Peters, Jr. as Earl, a henchman
 * Jim Diehl as Jason, a henchman
 * Rusty Wescoatt as Ives, a henchman
 * Eric Wilton as Alfred Pennyworth, (uncredited)
 * uncredited as Jimmie Vale, Vicki's brother and henchman

[edit]Production
"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 Another occurs when, despite the fact that the heroes' utility belts had been replaced by normal belts with no pockets or pouches for this serial, in order to escape from a vault, Batman pulls the nozzle and hose of a oxy-acetylene torch from his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]

[edit]Home media
The serial was released on DVD in 2005 to promote Batman Begins.

[edit]Chapter titles
Source: [2]
 * 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

[edit]See also

 * List of film serials
 * List of film serials by studio
 * List of films based on English-language comics

[edit]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 9780713000979.
 * 2) ^ Cline, William C.. "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc.. pp. 249. ISBN 078640471X.

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