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The play was first produced in 1920, and became an international hit. It spawned a {{Novelization}}, and was adapted to film in 1926, 1930 and 1959. The 1930 film adaptation, titled ''The Bat Whispers'', was cited by Bob Kane as one of the inspirations that led him to create Franchise/{{Batman}}.

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The play was first produced in 1920, and became an international hit. It spawned a {{Novelization}}, and was adapted to film in 1926, 1930 and 1959. The 1930 film adaptation, titled ''The Bat Whispers'', was cited by Bob Kane as one of the inspirations that led him to create Franchise/{{Batman}}.
ComicBook/{{Batman}}.
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* RedHerring: From the 1959 film: [[spoiler: Creator/VincentPrice is not only top billed, but he seems a leading candidate to be The Bat by the virtue of him being Vincent Price. However, he's not, and he gets killed by The Bat earlier in the film's third act.]]

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* RedHerring: From the 1959 film: [[spoiler: Creator/VincentPrice is not only top billed, but he seems a leading candidate to be The Bat by the virtue of him being Vincent Price. However, he's not, and he gets killed by The Bat earlier in before the film's climax in third act.]]
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* RedHerring: From the 1959 film: [[spoiler: Creator/VincentPrice is not only top billed, but he seems a leading candidate to be The Bat by the virtue of him being Vincent Price. However, he's not, and he gets killed by The Bat earlier in the film's third act.]]
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** [[spoiler: Lieutenant Anderson is The Bat]].

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** [[spoiler: Lieutenant Anderson is The Bat]].Bat, at least in the 1959 version. In the other versions, someone is impersonating him]].

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* TheBabyOfTheBunch: Judy is a legal adult, but since she is clearly the youngest around, she is essentially seen as a "child" by most of the cast. [[spoiler:Which is probability why her sudden death hit so hard.]]



* OldMaid: Cornelia is 60 years old and unmarried.



* TheBabyOfTheBunch: Judy is a legal adult, but since she is clearly the youngest around she is essentially seen as a "child" by most of the cast. [[spoiler:Which is probability why her sudden death hit so hard.]]
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* TheBabyOfTheBunch: Judy is a legal adult, but since she is clearly the youngest around she is essentially seen as a "child" by most of the cast. [[spoiler:Which is probability why her sudden death hit so hard.]]
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* RapunzelHair: Cornelia in the 1959 version has waist-length hair, braided for the majority of the film (which mostly takes place at night when she's about to go to bed).
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* StatingTheObviousSolution: When the detective is puzzling over which panel to strike to open the sealed room Cornelia's trapped in, Lizzie asks what difference it makes and strikes ''all'' of them until she hits the panel that opens the room.

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* StatingTheObviousSolution: StatingTheSimpleSolution: When the detective is puzzling over which panel to strike to open the sealed room Cornelia's trapped in, Lizzie asks what difference it makes and strikes ''all'' of them until she hits the panel that opens the room.

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