Japanese master spy Daka operates a covert espionage-sabotage organization located in Gotham City's now-deserted Little Tokyo, which turns American scientists into pliable zombies. The great crime-fighters Batman and Robin, with the help of their allies, are in pursuit.
Practical Effects
The Batmobile is a literal black Cadillac with no modifications. Iconic.
Acting
Lewis Wilson: the first Batman, complete with dad bod and permanent smirk.
Director
Lambert Hillyer
Lewis Wilson
Bruce Wayne
Douglas Croft
Dick Grayson
J. Carrol Naish
Tito Daka
Shirley Patterson
Linda Page
William Austin
Alfred
Knox Manning
Narrator
Frank Austin
Hotel Clerk
Lynton Brent
Intended Lockwood Pilot
George Chesebro
Brennan
Dick Curtis
Agent Croft of Section 50
Jimmy Dime
Henchman
Lester Dorr
Agent on Plane
Kenne Duncan
Fred
Robert Fiske
Foster
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This serial invented the Batcave — called the 'Bat's Cave' here, accessed through a grandfather clock.
William Austin's portly, bumbling Alfred was so popular it forced DC to redesign comic Alfred from thin and mustached to chubby and cowardly.
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