Batman

(1943)

Action / Adventure/ Serial

Cast:

Lewis Wilson as Batman/Bruce Wayne
Douglas Croft as Robin/Richard 'Dick' Grayson
J. Carrol Naish as Dr. Tito Daka/Prince Daka
Shirley Patterson as Linda Page
William Austin as Alfred Pennyworth

Batman was a 15-chapter serial released in 1943 by Columbia Pictures. The serial starred Lewis Wilson as Batman and Douglas Croft as Robin. J. Carrol Naish played the villain, an original character named Dr. Daka. Rounding out the cast were Shirley Patterson as Linda Page (Bruce Wayne's love interest), and William Austin as Alfred the butler. The plot is based on Batman, a US government agent, attempting to defeat the Japanese agent Dr. Daka, at the height of World War II.

Chapter titles

1.The Electrical Brain

2. The Bat 's Cave

3.The Mark of the Zombies

4.Slaves of the Rising Sun

5.The Living Corpse

6.Poison Peril

7.The Phoney Doctor

8.Lured by Radium

9.The Sign of the Sphinx

10.Flying Spies

11.A Nipponese Trap

12.Embers of Evil

13.Eight Steps Down

14.The Executioner Strikes

15.The Doom of the Rising Sun