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| The Bat Whispers | |
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| Directed by | Roland West |
| Written by | Mary Roberts Rinehart (play) Avery Hopwood (play) Roland West |
| Produced by | Joseph M. Schenck |
| Starring | Chester Morris Una Merkel |
| Cinematography | Ray June (35mm) Robert H. Planck (65mm) |
| Edited by | Hal C. Kern James Smith |
| Music by | Hugo Riesenfeld |
Production company | Joseph M. Schenck Productions for Art Cinema Corporation |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Bat Whispers is a 1930 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Roland West, produced by Joseph M. Schenck, and released by United Artists. The film is based on the 1920 mystery play The Bat, written by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood, and is the second film version by the same director, previously adapted in 1926. An early talkie and one of the first widescreen films, West financed the cinematography, which required two cameramen and several techniques. It was considered a lost film for many years, but was restored from duplicate filmstock in 1988.