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The Devil Bat (1940) is a classic horror film starring Bela Lugosi as Dr. Paul Carruthers, a scientist who seeks revenge against wealthy businessmen who betrayed him and profited from his work.
Driven by revenge, Dr. Carruthers develops giant killer bats and uses a specially scented aftershave lotion to guide them toward his unsuspecting victims.
When a series of mysterious deaths begins, a newspaper reporter sets out to investigate the terrifying incidents and uncover the truth behind them.
As the investigation progresses, a sinister scheme involving scientific experiments, deadly creatures, and a scientist's thirst for revenge comes to light.
Filled with suspense, mystery, and vintage horror elements, the film offers an intriguing glimpse into the classic horror cinema of the 1940s.
Directed by Jean Yarbrough, The Devil Bat remains a memorable film for fans of vintage horror and Bela Lugosi's unforgettable performances.
Main Characters :
ðŸŽDr. Paul Carruthers — Bela Lugosi
ðŸŽJohnny Layton — Dave O'Brien
ðŸŽMary Heath — Suzanne Kaaren
ðŸŽDon Morton — Guy Usher
ðŸŽHenry Morton — John Ellis
ðŸŽMax — Arthur Q. Bryan
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The Devil Bat (1940) is a classic horror film starring Bela Lugosi as Dr. Paul Carruthers, a scientist who seeks revenge against wealthy businessmen who betrayed him and profited from his work.
Driven by revenge, Dr. Carruthers develops giant killer bats and uses a specially scented aftershave lotion to guide them toward his unsuspecting victims.
When a series of mysterious deaths begins, a newspaper reporter sets out to investigate the terrifying incidents and uncover the truth behind them.
As the investigation progresses, a sinister scheme involving scientific experiments, deadly creatures, and a scientist's thirst for revenge comes to light.
Filled with suspense, mystery, and vintage horror elements, the film offers an intriguing glimpse into the classic horror cinema of the 1940s.
Directed by Jean Yarbrough, The Devil Bat remains a memorable film for fans of vintage horror and Bela Lugosi's unforgettable performances.
Main Characters :
ðŸŽDr. Paul Carruthers — Bela Lugosi
ðŸŽJohnny Layton — Dave O'Brien
ðŸŽMary Heath — Suzanne Kaaren
ðŸŽDon Morton — Guy Usher
ðŸŽHenry Morton — John Ellis
ðŸŽMax — Arthur Q. Bryan
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00:00:00THE END
00:00:42Oh, my God.
00:01:08Oh, my friend.
00:01:11Our theory of glandular stimulation through electrical impulses was correct.
00:01:18A few days ago, you were as small as your companion.
00:01:24And now, look at you.
00:01:33Oh, my God.
00:01:58Oh, my God.
00:02:01Oh, my God.
00:02:55All right.
00:02:59All right.
00:03:32All right.
00:04:14All right.
00:04:17All right.
00:04:56All right.
00:05:09All right.
00:05:12This is Dr. Caravis speaking.
00:05:14Yeah, this is Heath.
00:05:16Henry Moore and I are having a little get-together at my home tonight.
00:05:19We want you to come.
00:05:21Why, that's nice of you.
00:05:22Why, that's nice of you, and I appreciate it.
00:05:24But I'm very busy working on a formula for a new shaving lotion.
00:05:28Oh, but, Doc, this is my daughter's idea, and she's going to be awfully disappointed if you don't show up.
00:05:35Don't take no for an answer.
00:05:37Don't take no for an answer.
00:05:37Make him come.
00:05:38Yeah, you see, it's a sort of a special occasion.
00:05:41I bet Mary is going to announce her engagement to that young rascal, Don Morton.
00:05:46Tell her I'll be there.
00:05:48Goodbye.
00:05:50Well, it's all arranged.
00:05:51Well, it's all arranged.
00:05:51He's coming.
00:05:52He's going to be surprised when he finds a special occasion to present him with this bonus check.
00:05:56$5,000.
00:06:29Good.
00:06:31You have not forgotten.
00:06:33You hate this strange oriental fragrance even while you sleep.
00:06:40Just as you did before I made you big and strong.
00:06:47Now, if you detect the fragrance in the night, when you're fully awake,
00:06:55You will strike.
00:07:05Yes, you will strike.
00:07:08Don't kill.
00:07:12Well, Doc's late.
00:07:14I wonder if he's been called out on a case.
00:07:16Perhaps I'd better phone him.
00:07:26Now, remember, Roy, Tommy,
00:07:28You're not to mention anything about this bonus for the dot until after your father has presented it.
00:07:33Have you warned those two lovebirds over there?
00:07:36Perhaps I'd better.
00:07:40I want to caution both of you.
00:07:42Enough to say a word about the check.
00:07:44Until you're ready to spring it on it.
00:07:45Your father will make the presentation, Mary.
00:07:47Why don't you unveil it like a statue?
00:07:50Then we could all be in on it.
00:07:51You know, I think it'd be a better idea to put it in a bottle and launch him with it.
00:07:55You must have gotten that idea out of a bottle.
00:07:58Well, the doc isn't coming.
00:08:00Oh, what a shame.
00:08:02Oh, he just got busy with his new formula and forgot all about us.
00:08:05He'd forget the formula if he knew about that $5,000 check.
00:08:09Well, why don't we all go up there and give it to him?
00:08:11No, no, I wouldn't do that.
00:08:12He doesn't like visits when he's experimenting.
00:08:15Well, Roy, I can take the check up to him.
00:08:16Sure, I'll take it.
00:08:18Shall I make the doc a speech when I give it to him?
00:08:21You won't have to, Roy.
00:08:22The check speaks for itself.
00:08:24Yeah, and says a mouthful.
00:08:25Son, tell the doc we're awfully sorry he can't be with us.
00:08:28But of course we understand how busy he is.
00:08:31All right.
00:08:39Just a minute, Roy, and I'll be with you.
00:08:46That's it, all right.
00:08:50Now, what can I do for you?
00:08:52We were all sorry you couldn't be there tonight.
00:08:54Yes, yes, but you see, I'm busy.
00:08:57Something important, very important.
00:08:59Yes, of course.
00:09:00Mr. Morton and Dad had planned a little surprise for you.
00:09:03A surprise?
00:09:05It's in here.
00:09:06Well, let's see what it is.
00:09:11$5,000.
00:09:13What's this for?
00:09:15Just a little token of the firm's appreciation.
00:09:19Oh, I see.
00:09:21A bonus.
00:09:23Well, it's awfully nice of you, Father, Mr. Morton.
00:09:27I will thank them personally tomorrow.
00:09:29I'll tell them, doctor.
00:09:31Well, aren't you curious about my new formula?
00:09:33Yes, of course.
00:09:34Only I didn't want to be inquisitive.
00:09:36What is it?
00:09:37A new shaving lotion.
00:09:41Smell it.
00:09:43Pretty strong, isn't it?
00:09:45No, no.
00:09:46The scent evaporates a short time after you've used it.
00:09:50Try a few drops.
00:09:54Now rub it on the tender part of your neck.
00:09:57Here.
00:09:59Here.
00:10:10Soothing, isn't it?
00:10:12Yes.
00:10:14When will we be ready for the market?
00:10:16Oh, it's still in the experimental stage.
00:10:19I want to try it out on several people first and see if it works.
00:10:23Well, if you'd like to send me a bottle, I'd be glad to try it for you.
00:10:26Thanks.
00:10:27Good night, doctor.
00:10:30Goodbye, Roy.
00:10:45Lovely check, isn't it, doctor?
00:10:49They are wealthy because of you.
00:10:53You made them rich, doctor.
00:10:56It was your formula.
00:10:58Tonight, they gave you $5,000 and wanted you to come down to their house and thank them for it.
00:11:07That was your money they gave you, like a bone tossed to a faithful soul.
00:11:31You should be very grateful, doctor.
00:11:35Very grateful.
00:11:37They are rich and happy, thanks to you.
00:11:41And what have you got, doctor?
00:12:08Good night, you have work to do.
00:12:14It's time you were on your way.
00:12:38It's time you were on your way.
00:12:54But Mary, tonight's a good time while our families are here to announce our engagement.
00:12:58Look, darling, I've loved you a long time, ever since we were kids.
00:13:02But I'm afraid it's been more like a sister.
00:13:05Well, I...
00:13:06I had no idea you felt that way.
00:13:12What have you happened to Roy?
00:13:35Roy!
00:13:37I'd better call Dr. Carruthers.
00:13:38Oh, please, hurry.
00:13:43There's nothing I can do.
00:13:45You mean he's dead?
00:13:46Yes, I'd better call the coroner.
00:13:48You think it's murder?
00:13:49I don't know.
00:13:50I never saw anything like it before.
00:13:54The juggler vein is severed.
00:14:02Hello.
00:14:02Hello.
00:14:04Hello.
00:14:04Hello.
00:14:04Hello.
00:14:06Hello.
00:14:07Hello.
00:14:14Send Johnny Layton in here.
00:14:22Well, uh, what have I done now?
00:14:24Who, uh, who wants to be fired this time?
00:14:26Nobody yet.
00:14:27But it's still early.
00:14:28This came in from Heathville.
00:14:29It's a mystery killing.
00:14:30Old Martin Heath's son.
00:14:31Who's Martin Heath?
00:14:32Who's Martin Heath?
00:14:34Say, have you ever had a date with a girl?
00:14:36A girl?
00:14:37Oh, yes, a girl.
00:14:39I believe I did take a girl out once.
00:14:41Well, did she smell sweet?
00:14:42Uh, did...
00:14:43Of course she smells sweet.
00:14:45Most girls do.
00:14:46Well, that's because of Martin Heath Cosmetics Limited.
00:14:48They make all that goo that the women put on their faces so they won't have to watch them with
00:14:52soap and water.
00:14:53Hmm, I get it.
00:14:54A big man, huh?
00:14:55Yes, and a big advertising account.
00:14:58Grab yourself a photographer and get along over there to Heathville.
00:15:00The coroner's holding an inquest.
00:15:03Find out who really killed old man Heath's son.
00:15:06Okay, McGinney.
00:15:07I'm on my way.
00:15:08Ah.
00:15:22Chief Wilkins?
00:15:23Yeah?
00:15:24I'm Johnny Layton of the Chicago Register.
00:15:27Good to see you.
00:15:27And this is my cameraman, One Shot McGuire.
00:15:30Hi, Chief.
00:15:30Howdy.
00:15:31Say, we're down here to cover that Heath murder, but we didn't get much information at the coroner's inquest.
00:15:37I thought maybe you might be able to help us.
00:15:39Well, I'm always glad to cooperate with the newspapers, providing they cooperate with me.
00:15:43That's the policy of our paper.
00:15:45Well, to tell you the truth, I haven't got very far with this thing myself.
00:15:50Oh, here's something that might interest you.
00:15:52It's a picture of the victim's wounds.
00:15:56You'll be able to see it better with this glass.
00:16:00Are these scratches on the neck and shoulders?
00:16:03Yes, but we can't determine the source.
00:16:07They're too deep for fingernails.
00:16:09Too shallow to have been made by life.
00:16:12They're more like claws.
00:16:14That sort of bears out Dr. Crothers' theory at the inquest of a wild animal.
00:16:19Have there been any circuses around here lately?
00:16:22No.
00:16:23Heard of any animal escaping from a zoo?
00:16:25No.
00:16:26Couldn't have been one of those African leopard men.
00:16:28They use steel claws.
00:16:29This isn't Africa.
00:16:31Okay, Chief.
00:16:32I was just trying to help.
00:16:34Well, Chief, are you sure there's no clue you're holding back while investigating?
00:16:39Well, since you're going to work with me on this case, there is a clue.
00:16:44And a very weird one.
00:16:47The autopsy surgeon says that such wounds could have been made by the beak and talons of a bird.
00:16:53A bird?
00:16:55Well, there aren't any birds around here big enough to attack a man.
00:16:58How about an eagle?
00:16:59We know it wasn't a bird.
00:17:01How do you know that?
00:17:01Because we found several hairs on the shoulder of Heath's coat.
00:17:06Ah, chauché la femme.
00:17:08They're not human hairs.
00:17:10What kind are they?
00:17:11Well, it may sound silly, but the laboratory test shows that they were from a mouse.
00:17:17Well, who ever heard of a mouse big enough to kill a man?
00:17:22Say, a bat has hair like a mouse.
00:17:24Well, the only bats around here are no bigger than sparrows.
00:17:28There was a peculiar odor about the wounds.
00:17:31But they were so faint and elusive that the police chemists have been unable to identify it.
00:17:37Then it does give us something to work on.
00:17:39Well, the scent was a clue.
00:17:41It's been destroyed by evaporation.
00:17:45Say, Chief, do you mind if I do a little sleuthing around on my own account?
00:17:49Certainly not.
00:17:50Go ahead.
00:17:51If I can help you any while...
00:17:52You can.
00:17:54Miss Heath seems to be the nearest to an eyewitness of the crime.
00:17:57I'd like to have a talk with her.
00:17:58Can you arrange it?
00:17:59I think I can.
00:18:00Well, Dr. Crothers refused to let her speak to us.
00:18:03We tried that this morning at the inquest.
00:18:04Well, don't you worry about Dr. Crothers.
00:18:07He's one of the finest men in Heathville.
00:18:09He just thought you'd add to Mary's grief so you could get sensational newspaper stories.
00:18:14I'll arrange an interview.
00:18:16Thanks, Chief.
00:18:16I'll keep in touch with you.
00:18:17All right.
00:18:204-8-J.
00:18:26Miss Heath, did your brother have any enemies that you know of?
00:18:29I know.
00:18:30Everybody in the village liked Roy.
00:18:32Mm-hmm.
00:18:33Well, what did he do at the factory?
00:18:35He had charge of the experimental department where the new products are developed.
00:18:39Oh, here comes Dr. Crothers.
00:18:42Hello, Doctor.
00:18:43Hello, Mary.
00:18:43I took a shortcut from my laboratory through the garden hedge.
00:18:47You met Dr. Crothers at the inquest this morning?
00:18:49Yes.
00:18:50Mr. Layton, I hope you'll forgive me if I seemed a little abrupt.
00:18:54But I found them, Mary.
00:18:56And considering the ordeal she already went through, I wanted to protect her from dwelling too much of a tragedy.
00:19:03Of course.
00:19:04You were quite right.
00:19:05We're working on the case with the police now.
00:19:07Yes, I understand.
00:19:08Chief Wilkins phoned me.
00:19:09And if I can be of any assistance, just call on me.
00:19:13Thanks.
00:19:14Won't you sit down?
00:19:20Won't you sit down?
00:19:20Shall I serve, mademoiselle?
00:19:22No, Maxine.
00:19:22I'll do it.
00:19:24You may go now.
00:19:24Oui, mademoiselle.
00:19:30Do you take sugar, Mr. McGuire?
00:19:31Huh?
00:19:32Oh, no, ma'am.
00:19:33Never.
00:19:33In fact, I don't even take tea.
00:19:35If you'll just deal me out, I'll take a look around.
00:19:38I may dig up a clue.
00:19:44What do you think of Dr. Crothers' theory about a wild animal, Mr. Layton?
00:19:49Well, frankly, I don't think much of it.
00:19:51I can't say that I blame you.
00:19:53But I, as a scientist, take many things into consideration a layman might overlook.
00:19:58For instance, the jagged nature of the wound, the rapidity with which the murderer escaped,
00:20:05the scratches from talons or claws.
00:20:08But when an animal attacks a human, there's bound to be a lot of noise.
00:20:12You heard Miss Heath testify there was no sound of a struggle.
00:20:15No.
00:20:16Only those awful screams.
00:20:20It's very puzzling.
00:20:21Very mystifying.
00:20:23Doctor, when you last saw Roy, did he seem worried or nervous or moody?
00:20:28No, not at all.
00:20:29On the contrary, he was in the best of spirits.
00:20:34Well, I've got to get back to the village now and follow my story.
00:20:37You'll excuse me?
00:20:38If you find it necessary for us to talk again, you may come back at any time.
00:20:41This evening, if it's all right with you, I'd like to spend some time here.
00:20:45Well, yes, that'll be quite all right.
00:20:47Goodbye, Miss Heath.
00:20:47Goodbye.
00:20:48Goodbye, Doctor.
00:20:52A little more chiffon, baby.
00:20:55I do not understand.
00:20:56Oh, you know what I mean.
00:20:57A little more of your stocking.
00:21:01Like these?
00:21:03Sure, I like them.
00:21:04Who wouldn't?
00:21:04Now, hold nice and still, because this is going to take a little time.
00:21:14Well, if you're going to shoot, shoot.
00:21:16Right away, Johnny.
00:21:17I was just trying to get the focus.
00:21:19Mm-hmm.
00:21:20I got it.
00:21:22And not bad either.
00:21:24I'll be back in a minute, Frenchy.
00:21:26And don't worry none about those werewolves, because nothing's going to harm you while I'm
00:21:30around here.
00:21:30You make Maxine feel so calm.
00:21:33My big brave journalist.
00:21:43This is my idea of nothing at all.
00:21:45Sitting here waiting for an animal to give us an argument.
00:21:49Look at that moon.
00:21:52And I had a date with Frenchy.
00:21:54Oh, stop crabbing.
00:21:55We're supposed to solve a murder.
00:21:57You, uh, big brave journalist.
00:22:04This is the first time I've ever been invited anywhere and asked not to shave until after
00:22:08I get there.
00:22:09I wanted to observe your exact reaction when you tried the lotion.
00:22:13Oh, now I understand.
00:22:16I want this lotion to be perfect before turning it over to you to be marketed.
00:22:22Here.
00:22:25It's a little strong.
00:22:27That'll make the customers think they're getting their money's worth.
00:22:31Oh, that feels great.
00:22:33Very soothing.
00:22:34I don't think you'll ever use anything else.
00:22:37Well, we wouldn't want to market anything we wouldn't use ourselves.
00:22:42That almost smells good enough to be used as a cologne.
00:22:46Oh, what's the matter, Doc?
00:22:48Can't you stand your own lotion?
00:22:50I have a violent dislike for perfumes.
00:22:52Oh, I'm sorry.
00:22:54All right, Tommy.
00:22:56Good night, Doc.
00:22:58Goodbye, Tommy.
00:23:03Oh, my God.
00:23:10Oh, my God.
00:23:35Oh, my God.
00:23:50What's that?
00:23:51Where?
00:23:52Over there. Something's moving.
00:23:59Come on out of there, whoever you are.
00:24:06What are you doing out here, Miss Heath?
00:24:08I thought you might want some company.
00:24:10Shall we sit down?
00:24:12You know, you shouldn't be wandering around the garden at night,
00:24:16after what's happened.
00:24:17Neither should you.
00:24:18Well, but it's part of my job.
00:24:20Mine, too.
00:24:21Roy was my brother.
00:24:26Be careful. I think it's Tommy.
00:24:32Hello, Tommy.
00:24:33Hello, everybody.
00:24:34Hello, Tommy.
00:24:35What's up, sis?
00:24:36Mr. Layton wanted to stay in the garden for a while, so I joined him.
00:24:39Don't tell me you're waiting for that animal Dr. Carruthers mentioned.
00:24:43So you don't believe it either?
00:24:44I certainly do not.
00:24:45It's ridiculous.
00:24:47But somebody or something killed your brother.
00:24:50And I suppose you're working on the theory that the murderer always returns to the scene of the crime.
00:24:56Perhaps I am.
00:24:57Well, not for me.
00:25:00If you'll take my advice, Mary, you'll leave these gentlemen to their vigil and go to bed.
00:25:03That's what I'm going to do.
00:25:05Good night.
00:25:06Good night, Tommy.
00:25:10Good night.
00:25:13I, uh, don't think your brother likes my being here.
00:25:16Oh, you mustn't mind, Tommy.
00:25:17We're all terribly upset.
00:25:18I know.
00:25:27Help!
00:25:29Tommy!
00:25:30Come on.
00:25:32Help!
00:25:35Help!
00:25:38Help!
00:25:41Help!
00:26:06But I'm telling you, McGetty, it was a bat.
00:26:08I saw it kill Tommy Heave.
00:26:10Listen, Johnny, I want you and One Shot to come on home or I'll fire both of you.
00:26:15I'm not coming home and neither is One Shot.
00:26:17I'm keeping him here to get a picture of the devil bat.
00:26:19Say, that'll look great in the headlines.
00:26:21Devil bat strikes again.
00:26:25Listen, don't tell me it had horns.
00:26:27Maybe I better send a wagon with the steel bars and the strong boys with the straight jackets.
00:26:32Look, Joe, have I ever lied to you?
00:26:36Plenty of times.
00:26:37Well, I'm not lying this time.
00:26:39If it ever got out that I cooked up a fake story about a devil bat,
00:26:42I wouldn't be able to get a job on a country weekly.
00:26:44Print the story, Joe.
00:26:46So help me, it's on the level.
00:26:48All right, I'll print it.
00:26:50But I won't believe it.
00:26:51Not till One Shot gets me a picture of that devil bat in action.
00:26:55Don't worry, he'll get it.
00:26:56Goodbye.
00:26:58You, my friend, are going to get a shot of the devil bat in action.
00:27:00Who, me?
00:27:02How?
00:27:03Have you noticed there's a taxidermist shop in the village?
00:27:07Well, you wouldn't suggest that I go out and stuff a bird, would you?
00:27:10One Shot.
00:27:11To think that you'd even hint that I would suggest you have the village taxidermist build you a nice big
00:27:15bat for pictorial purposes.
00:27:17Besides, a bat isn't a bird, it's a mammal.
00:27:20Well, why didn't you say so in the first place?
00:27:22Where is this bird stuffing emporium?
00:27:26Oh, down on Cottage Grove Avenue.
00:27:57Oh, down on Cottage Grove Avenue.
00:27:58Oh, down on Cottage Grove Avenue.
00:28:39Now, here's the idea, Frenchy.
00:28:41You hang on to the bat until I get my camera set up.
00:28:43And when I raise my hand, you give the bat a good shove and it'll swing out just like it's
00:28:48flying.
00:28:49Then I can get a swell picture from a boss.
00:28:51Get it?
00:28:51Me?
00:28:52I am wise, no?
00:28:54No.
00:28:54But hang on to the bat until I raise my hand, huh?
00:28:58Come on.
00:28:59Come on.
00:29:01Come on.
00:29:03Come on.
00:29:30sherry are you hurt say what's the idea of breaking up my devil bat i'm gonna make you
00:29:35pay for that and i'm going to take you to jail until you explain this come on you you can't
00:29:40do
00:29:40this time i'm doing it i was just conducting a little experiment trying to find out how the
00:29:46devil that does his killing i'm sure mcguire didn't intend doing anything wrong he's just a
00:29:52little overzealous about his work yeah with the town and an uproar and everybody terror-stricken
00:29:58wondering whether he's going to be the next victim i don't want any more trouble stirred up
00:30:03even with an artificial bat you'd better get back to the hotel i want to talk to the chief alone
00:30:08is it all right chief yeah but be careful in the future
00:30:15ever smell anything like this before
00:30:22well yes that's the same stuff that's been on every one of the devil bats victims
00:30:26where'd you get it found it in don martin's bathroom find out where morton got it no i didn't want
00:30:34to
00:30:34arouse suspicion by asking questions till after it's been analyzed you think it has any connection
00:30:39with the murders that's the way it strikes me but i uh i can't figure out how i'll get the
00:30:45police
00:30:45cameras on it right away i'll snoop around see if i can find out where morton got it well it
00:30:51probably
00:30:51came from down at the heath cosmetic plant i've been working on the theory of a disgruntled factory
00:30:56employee committing the crimes it's certainly more than coincidental that all the victims have been
00:31:02members of the heath and morton families yeah looks like a plot to wipe them all out
00:31:09i wish the rest of them would leave town until this crime is solved you're worried about mary aren't you
00:31:17well yes i've been urging her to leave but she won't go without her father
00:31:21and he insists on remaining here to help clear up the crime and worse than that neither heath nor
00:31:26morton will let me give them a bodyguard i guess we'll just have to wait for something to break
00:31:30good night chief good night johnny
00:31:42boy if i got a picture it'll knock my ginty dead meet the double bat
00:31:47well how about that wire looks as if the bats on a flying trapeze oh but i'm not through working
00:31:52on it yet see i can touch this picture up so the battle look like he's got nothing around him
00:31:56but nothing okay rembrandt you win
00:32:04this is your news commentator walter king tonight we're broadcasting from the little village of heathville
00:32:09where an alleged devil bat has claimed three victims during the past six weeks you will note that i
00:32:14say alleged devil bat that ladies and gentlemen is because your correspondent has been very
00:32:18skeptical from the start as to the existence of this horrendous creature i have as my guest in the
00:32:23studio tonight professor percival garland rains perhaps the world's greatest authority on animal
00:32:28life i'm going to interview professor rains on the subject of the devil bat our radio audience
00:32:33may draw its own conclusions professor rains first let me ask you point blank do you believe
00:32:39that any such creature as the devil bat exists i do not he's got a nerve quiet in the dark
00:32:46ages when
00:32:47men and women lived in caves there may have existed a batter this size but not in this day and
00:32:53age how
00:32:54do you account for the fact that mary heath whose two brothers were victims of the devil bat and a
00:32:59newspaper reporter john layton claimed to have seen this amazing creature sometimes under stress of
00:33:04excitement our minds play tricks on us hey he's insinuating you saw the little bat that wasn't
00:33:10there pipe down but how about the picture of the devil bat published by mr leighton's paper i examined
00:33:16that picture under a powerful magnifying glass i denounce it as a fraud whoever constructed the
00:33:23strange-looking monster forgot to remove a label from the silk from the silk used on its left wing
00:33:29that label reads made in japan put through a hurry call to heathville i want to talk to johnny leighton
00:33:42he's at the heathville hotel
00:33:47one guess who that is yeah mcginty
00:33:55go ahead pour it on so you slipped over a fake picture on me huh well you're fired both of
00:34:01you
00:34:02and i'll see to it that you never work on another newspaper as long as i live
00:34:07made in japan you tell one shot mcguire he ought to be snapping photos in a booby hatch
00:34:12both of you come on in and get your final checks
00:34:15oh no we're not coming in to get anything all right so we're fired but we're staying here just
00:34:21the same i saw that bat we're gonna stay here till we catch that bat and when we do
00:34:26i'm gonna bring it in and stuff it down your throat goodbye
00:34:33well we're fired again
00:34:38that's him calling back to apologize now you give him a good scare
00:34:43no use begging us to go to work for you again mcgetty you fired us and we're staying fired
00:34:48oh oh mary i i thought it was somebody else johnny why did you make a joke of a tragic
00:34:53thing like
00:34:53this but it wasn't intended as a joke mary i was only trying to get the news i suppose you
00:34:58call it
00:34:58getting the news when you arrange to print a picture that's a deliberate hoax that has the entire
00:35:04country laughing a grand joke johnny but somehow i can't appreciate it but i can explain that picture
00:35:10don't try johnny
00:35:21made in japan i ought to skin you alive and nail your hide to a barn door
00:35:31here's the chemistry part on that shaving lotion
00:35:36i see he couldn't break down one of the ingredients
00:35:38yes he said it must be some element with which he's not familiar
00:35:43we won't get anywhere until we identify it
00:35:47there's just one other man in this town that might be able to help us dr caruthers
00:35:54yeah caruthers could help us
00:35:56i found out he compounded that lotion
00:35:58well if you suspect caruthers you're barking up the wrong tree johnny
00:36:03he's the last man in this town that would harm anyone why everybody loves him
00:36:07maybe so but here's something else i dug up
00:36:12the heath and morton fortunes are based on a greaseless cold cream formula dr crutters invented
00:36:18so what
00:36:20all the doctor got out of it was ten thousand dollars and the others made a fortune
00:36:25well it's common knowledge that he sold out for cash when he could have had an interest in the firm
00:36:29just the same every victim had this stuff from his laboratory on him
00:36:36maybe you've been working too hard on this case johnny
00:36:40like to get his reaction on the stuff if he denies knowing anything about it we know there's a tie
00:36:45-up
00:36:45somewhere i think you're bombing but just to show you that i'm following up every clue we'll talk to him
00:36:52we'll um put this in another bottle and without telling him we know he compounded it
00:36:56ask him to analyze it doc i hope we're not upsetting your work barging in on you this way
00:37:02no no not at all i'm anxious to help solve these crimes all the victims were very dear friends of
00:37:08mine here's a sample of the stuff young morton and the two heath boys had on them when they
00:37:12were attacked by the devil bat of course it doesn't make sense to me that a bird would choose only
00:37:17people using that particular stuff a bat is not a bird it's a mammal well well anyway our police
00:37:25chemists couldn't break down one of the ingredients we thought perhaps you could
00:37:29help him why i compounded this myself it's a new shaving lotion i'm experimenting with
00:37:39the ingredient your chemists couldn't break down i discovered years ago in tibet
00:37:44how did you happen to put it in a shaving lotion oh the llamas use it in some of their
00:37:50religious rites
00:37:51as a perfume the scent is very pleasant and can be imitated by competitors but what were don morton
00:37:57the two heath boys doing with the stuff oh it is the policy of our firm to try out any
00:38:04new product
00:38:05before marketing it well that knocks our theory into a cocked hat yeah we were hoping the unknown
00:38:12ingredient might turn out to be some sort of a clue this isn't the kind of bottle i give it
00:38:18out in but i
00:38:20presume your chemists changed it when making the analysis yeah is there anything else i can do to
00:38:27help tell me did you hear professor raines on the radio last night yes it was very interesting and
00:38:35very asinine you mean you believe there is a devil bat why not you saw it didn't you well sure
00:38:41i did
00:38:42so did mary then why worry about what one scientist says that one scientist got me fired oh you mean
00:38:51your newspaper discharged you that's right oh that's too bad then you'll be leaving keatsville before
00:39:00the mystery solved i'm afraid not i'm going to stay here and work with the chief
00:39:08since you're going to stay here for a while i would like you to try out a bottle of the
00:39:14new lotion
00:39:15and tell me how you like it and you too chief no no not me doc if my wife ever
00:39:21smelled perfume on me
00:39:23she'd suspect me sure well mr layton i understand you are not married all right i'll try it in the
00:39:30morning when i shave i guess we're better be going chief see you later doc so long dr credit goodbye
00:39:36mr layton
00:39:50what's the matter what's the matter does that uh smelly shaving lotion put you to sleep well why'd
00:39:54you tell her doc you're gonna use it if you think it's smelly oh i don't know i uh guess
00:39:58i was a little
00:39:58ashamed of ever suspecting the old duck well i like it and i'm gonna tell him so uh what time
00:40:06is
00:40:08after midnight midnight oh they ain't no use of waiting around here any longer this must be the bat's
00:40:15night off did you hear that yeah
00:40:53you got him
00:40:54you got him listen johnny i'm gonna cook that bird personally from a guinea
00:40:57and i'll leave him stuff at myself
00:41:28ha ha
00:41:37I was still skeptical when I came to Heathville today to examine the body of this so-called devil bat.
00:41:44But after seeing it personally and making exhaustive research,
00:41:49I've arrived at the conclusion that the creature is the lone survivor of a type of giant bat
00:41:55which existed in great numbers during the early part of the Neolithic Age.
00:42:02Perhaps I should explain for the benefit of some of our listeners
00:42:05that the Neolithic Age is that period of antiquity commonly called the Stone Age.
00:42:16Imbecile! Bombastic ignoramus!
00:42:37Bombasticblooms!
00:42:54Bombastifulных
00:43:04Sorry, McGinty, but One Shot and I are not interested.
00:43:07At your prices.
00:43:08Of course, if there was a raise of, say, 20...
00:43:11At 30.
00:43:12$30 plus a fat bonus, we might consider it.
00:43:15Your hold-up, men.
00:43:16Both of you.
00:43:17I refuse to be robbed.
00:43:19Have it your way, McGinty.
00:43:20Have it your way.
00:43:21But we have the bat's corpus delecti and the exclusive picture.
00:43:25Of course, I've got an eyewitness story that two syndicates are bidding for.
00:43:30And don't forget, you've got to pay us for the time we were fired.
00:43:35That's better.
00:43:36Now you're talking, boss.
00:43:37Okay, we're working for you again.
00:43:39We'll gather up the loose ends and see you in a couple of days.
00:43:41Goodbye.
00:43:44Come in.
00:43:46Hello, Johnny.
00:43:47Well, Mary.
00:43:49Johnny, I came to tell you that I'm sorry I said what I did the last time we talked.
00:43:54Do you suppose...
00:43:55Well, I don't know how to say it, but...
00:43:57I do.
00:43:59Miss Heath, do you suppose that little French girl would apologize to me if I looked her up?
00:44:04Positive she would.
00:44:29I don't know how to say it, but...
00:45:13Splendid.
00:45:15You will be even greater than your unfortunate predecessor.
00:45:30Enraged, aren't you?
00:45:33Fine.
00:45:35I'm enraged also.
00:45:38Tonight I shall call on Henry Morton and you shall strike him down.
00:45:46Henry, the lotion has turned out to be better than I had hoped.
00:45:51I want you to try it.
00:45:55Well, just leave it here, Doc, and I'll try it in the morning after shaving.
00:46:02It smells good, doesn't it?
00:46:04Yes, but isn't it too strong?
00:46:06No, no, no.
00:46:08Evaporation quickly tones it down just to the right scent.
00:46:12Rub a few drops on your face.
00:46:14Well, I'd rather wait until after I shave.
00:46:17Then my skin will be more tender and receptive to a lotion.
00:46:21Well, just a little here.
00:46:24The texture of the skin there is always very delicate.
00:46:31I'll give you a few drops in your hand.
00:46:43I hope you're right about that scent evaporating quickly.
00:46:47Henry, I smell the high heavens.
00:46:50Perhaps that will be the secret of its success.
00:46:54Well, you can never tell what's going to happen in this business.
00:46:57You can believe me, Henry.
00:46:59You don't have to worry.
00:47:01Yes, I can believe that, Doc.
00:47:02All of your formulas have been highly successful.
00:47:07I've been going over the report to the company's annual earnings.
00:47:11A net profit of over a million dollars.
00:47:14Not bad, eh?
00:47:16When you remember what we built on.
00:47:20A mere $10,000 for your formula.
00:47:24You shouldn't have demanded all cash, Doc.
00:47:27You should have ridden along with us.
00:47:29Then you'd be rich, too.
00:47:31Well, then, you've had a lot of fun in your laboratory
00:47:34with your experiments,
00:47:37dreaming up something new.
00:47:39You're a dreamer, Doc.
00:47:42Too much money is bad for dreamers.
00:47:45So you try to pay me in flattery,
00:47:48telling me that I'm a dreamer.
00:47:52Well, I do dream.
00:47:55Dreams that you could never guess.
00:47:59Your nerves are afraid, Doc.
00:48:02Now, calm down.
00:48:03Get a grip on yourself.
00:48:04You've been working too hard on your formula.
00:48:06Formula?
00:48:08That's but child's play for a great scientist.
00:48:13Your brain is too feeble to conceive
00:48:15what I have accomplished
00:48:17in the realm of science.
00:48:20Doc, you've made some great scientific discovery.
00:48:24What is it?
00:48:26When you'll find out,
00:48:27it'll be too late for you.
00:48:31Oh, come, come, Doc.
00:48:33You can't pretend to control a man's destiny.
00:48:37I've already proved it three times.
00:48:50I'm sorry.
00:48:53Perhaps you're right, Henry,
00:48:55about my working too hard.
00:48:58I guess I'm a little tired.
00:49:00I better go home and get some rest.
00:49:02Sure.
00:49:03A night's sleep will do you good.
00:49:05Good night, Doc.
00:49:08Goodbye, Henry.
00:49:10Good night.
00:49:2136, Jay.
00:49:23Hello?
00:49:24Hello, that you, Martin?
00:49:26Yes, Henry.
00:49:28I want you to call Chief of Police Wilkins
00:49:30to come to your house immediately.
00:49:32It's very important.
00:49:33Chief's here now.
00:49:34Well, don't let him leave until I get there.
00:49:36What otherwise happened?
00:49:38I think I've got a clue to all those murders.
00:49:41It may peter out.
00:49:42But if half what I suspect is true
00:49:44is the most diabolical plot
00:49:47that a madman ever concocted.
00:49:49What is it?
00:49:53Talk about the absent-minded professor.
00:49:55I forgot my hat.
00:49:58Henry, what is it?
00:50:00I'll tell you all about it when I get there.
00:50:02I hope I didn't intrude on a private conversation.
00:50:05Oh, nothing important.
00:50:06I'll tell you all about it.
00:50:09I'll tell you all about it right here.
00:50:12Thank you all.
00:51:33I hope Henry was right about having a clue.
00:51:36But why didn't he explain more about it when he phoned?
00:51:40When I insisted, he changed his tone as if he'd been interrupted.
00:51:44I was afraid that he might be overheard.
00:51:51What is that squeaky sound?
00:51:53Oh, just some night noise.
00:51:55Help!
00:51:57Help!
00:53:27Mr. McGuire was attacked.
00:53:29He's not a member of either family.
00:53:31Why, I'm practically a member of this family already.
00:53:34I'm going to marry Miss Heath's maid.
00:53:35Oh, really?
00:53:37Well, boys, I'll have Maxine show you to your rooms.
00:53:40I'll be running along.
00:53:41Home, it's past my bedtime.
00:53:42Good night, gentlemen.
00:53:43Good night, Martin.
00:53:44Good night, doctor.
00:53:46Good night, ma'am.
00:53:49Come along.
00:53:57Maxine?
00:53:58Oui, mademoiselle.
00:54:04Did you fill my perfume bottles with something new?
00:54:07Oh, no, mademoiselle.
00:54:08I never touch your perfume.
00:54:09It's funny.
00:54:10I don't recognize it.
00:54:12Perhaps dad filled them as a surprise.
00:54:15He always does that with every new perfume the plant puts out.
00:54:18Is there anything else?
00:54:20No, Maxine.
00:54:21That's all.
00:54:21Good night.
00:54:22Good night, mademoiselle.
00:54:46Good night, mademoiselle.
00:55:14Mary, what happened?
00:55:16It was trying to get in the window.
00:55:17A big bat.
00:55:19Oh, it was awful.
00:55:26Mary, I want you to tell me everything you did
00:55:28just before that bat tried to get in.
00:55:30Well, first I took a bath.
00:55:32Then I brushed my hair
00:55:34and Maxine came in and turned the covers down.
00:55:37And then fastened the screen,
00:55:38which somehow had come unhooked.
00:55:40Yeah.
00:55:41Go ahead, what else?
00:55:42Well, then we talked about some new perfume
00:55:44that someone had put in my dressing table bottles.
00:55:47Dad, did you put any new perfume in my bottles?
00:55:50No, I didn't.
00:55:52Is this the stuff?
00:55:53Yes.
00:55:54Tony, this smells like...
00:55:56Dave, quiet.
00:55:57I've got a hunch that I want to follow up.
00:55:59And I'll need everybody's cooperation.
00:56:00We'll do everything we can.
00:56:02Of course.
00:56:03What's Carruthers' number?
00:56:0548J.
00:56:10Operator, give me 48J, please.
00:56:15Hello, Dr. Carruthers.
00:56:16This is Johnny Layton.
00:56:18That's right.
00:56:18Something terrible has happened to Mary.
00:56:20Can you hurry over?
00:56:22I'll be right there.
00:56:24Good.
00:56:25Oh, Johnny, I'm all right.
00:56:26I don't need a doctor.
00:56:27That's where the cooperation part comes in, Mary.
00:56:29You'll have to pretend to be a nervous wreck.
00:56:31Mr. Heath, you in one shot
00:56:32must help her trick Dr. Carruthers
00:56:33into staying here as long as you can.
00:56:34Where are you going, Johnny?
00:56:36To, uh, do a little private bat hunting.
00:56:38What?
00:56:54Every day, uh, do a little bit.
00:57:06I'll be right there.
00:57:06I'll be right there.
00:57:07Let's go.
00:57:08Can I rip that to Mr.ao?
00:57:23The devil bat, try to get through that window.
00:57:25She's suffering from fright.
00:57:27I'll give you a set of things.
00:57:31Where's Mr. Layton?
00:57:32Well, I guess he's out in the garden hunting the devil bat.
00:57:34Layton is a very brave young man.
00:57:38Give his heat one of these every half an hour.
00:57:40Oui, Doctor.
00:57:41It will quieten her nerves.
00:57:43But, Doc, hadn't you better stay until she's quieter?
00:57:45She'll be all right in the morning.
00:57:47Hey, Doc, I don't feel so good myself.
00:57:49Would you mind taking my temperature?
00:57:50You look perfectly well, Mr. McGuire.
00:57:53Well, you ought to see my tongue.
00:57:54It looks just like a squirrel's tail.
00:57:56Look.
00:57:57Try some calomel.
00:58:35You look perfectly well.
00:59:21You may have visitors tonight, and it would be dangerous for me if they found you here.
01:00:42Hi, Doc.
01:00:43I hope I'm not intruding.
01:00:45No, no, not at all.
01:00:47I heard you're out, stalking the devil bat.
01:00:50Any success?
01:00:51No, but I thought maybe you might be able to help me.
01:00:54Well, I don't see how that's possible, but if you can suggest anything...
01:00:58Well, you could give me some more of that new concoction of yours, that shaving lotion.
01:01:03But how on earth could that possibly help catch the devil bat?
01:01:08I've still got a crazy idea that if I douse myself with it, it might attract the killer.
01:01:13I don't see how you can connect the two.
01:01:15But there is a bottle of the lotion on the table.
01:01:18Thanks.
01:01:39You see, Doc, I figured out something.
01:01:42All four of the murdered people had this lotion on them when the devil bat struck.
01:01:46Now, my plan is to sit in the garden, and when the killer makes one of those power dives, I'll
01:01:51blast him.
01:01:53Layton, I'm afraid all these murders have affected your mind.
01:01:58Maybe you'd like to come along, Doc, and be an eyewitness.
01:02:02I'm sure it would be just a waste of time, but I'd be glad to watch your experiment.
01:02:07Good. I knew I could count on you to help me.
01:02:16I tell you, Layton, expecting a bat to be attracted by the scent of a lotion is all foolishness.
01:02:22I think I'd better run around.
01:02:24Ah, sit down, Doc.
01:02:26The devil bat's behind schedule tonight.
01:02:36You aren't very chummy tonight. What's the matter?
01:02:40Firearms always make me nervous.
01:02:42Oh, I thought maybe you didn't want to be sitting too close to me.
01:02:45Just in case the devil bat does show off.
01:02:49According to your theory, the killer wouldn't attack me.
01:02:52I haven't any of that lotion on me.
01:02:59You have now, Doc.
01:03:00Why did you do that?
01:03:01Make it a 50-50 proposition, Doc.
01:03:06Now sit down, and don't try any shenanigans.
01:03:15Not so funny when it's your own juggler vein that's in danger.
01:03:18Is it, Doc?
01:03:20I...
01:03:21I...
01:03:21I don't know what you're talking about.
01:03:24Maybe you made a mistake when you let that devil bat of yours out of the attic tonight.
01:03:29Don't worry about the bat killing you.
01:03:31I'm saving you for the hangman.
01:03:37Tell me, Doc.
01:03:38How did you, uh, develop a monster bat like that?
01:03:43You wouldn't understand scientific theory.
01:03:46You wouldn't understand the theory?
01:03:53How does it know you?
01:03:54How do you think you are anίνative witch?
01:03:56How do you think you have saved you?
01:04:03How do you think you are to waste your life?
01:04:05No, no.
01:04:07You're a man.
01:04:10Look out for it.
01:04:23Hello, Chief. What are you doing out here?
01:04:25Young fellow, don't think that you're the only man working on this case.
01:04:28It was lucky I was here, too.
01:04:30Thanks. Did you kill the devil, Bat?
01:04:31No, he got away.
01:04:32Well, here's one bird that didn't get away,
01:04:34and he's the murderer we've both been looking for.
01:04:38Quick, shoot it!
01:04:47Where is it?
01:04:48It's gone.
01:04:51And so's the doctor.
01:04:52Did you get the bat?
01:04:53What happened?
01:04:54Dr. Carruthers is the murderer,
01:04:56and he's hiding somewhere. He's in the garden.
01:04:57You fellas get back to the house and guard Mary.
01:05:01Come on.
01:05:09Doctor!
01:05:10Dr. Carruthers!
01:05:13Doctor!
01:05:16Has anything happened to Johnny?
01:05:17Is he hurt?
01:05:18They took him up to my place.
01:05:20You better come along with me.
01:05:38That was Mary.
01:05:52Are you all right, Mary?
01:05:53Go help Dr. Carruthers. He's over there.
01:05:58That devil bat belonged to the doctor, Mary.
01:06:00He created it to commit those murders.
01:06:05Well, it's too late to help the doc.
01:06:07Good luck.