Batman
Directed by	Leslie H. Martinson
Produced by	William Dozier
Written by	Lorenzo Semple Jr. (screen writer) Bob Kane (comic book)
Starring	Adam West Burt Ward Lee Meriwether Cesar Romero Burgess Meredith Frank Gorshin
Music by	Nelson Riddle Batman Theme by Neal Hefti Michael Keaton (born Michael John Douglas on September 9, 1951) is an American actor best known for his early comedic roles in films such as Night Shift, and Beetlejuice, and his portrayal of Batman in the two Tim Burton directed films. ... Batman is an American Academy Award-winning superhero film based on the DC Comics character Batman created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (451x692, 52 KB)Poster for the 1966 Batman movie. ... Leslie H. Martinson( January 16, 1915 - ) was director of moderately successful if not best known theater and television movies, including Batman, Gary Colemans Kid with the Broken Halo, PT-109, and Rescue From Gilligans Island. ... William Dozier (13 February 1908 – 23 April 1991) was a television producer and actor, most famous as the producer and narrator of the Batman television series. ... Lorenzo Semple Jr. ... Bob Kane (born Robert Kahn, October 24, 1915 – November 3, 1998) was an American comic book artist and writer credited as the creator of the DC Comics superhero Batman. ... Adam West (born William West Anderson on September 19, 1928) is an American actor who is best known for playing the role of Batman/Bruce Wayne on the TV series Batman (which also had a film adaptation). ... Burt Ward (born Bert John Gervis, Jr. ... Lee Meriwether in The Time Tunnel. ... Cesar Julio Romero, Jr. ... Oliver Burgess Meredith (November 16, 1908[1] – September 9, 1997), known as Burgess Meredith, was a versatile American actor. ... Frank Gorshin as the Riddler, from the Batman TV series. ... Nelson Smock Riddle, Jr. ... Neal Hefti (born October 29, 1922) is an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and arranger. ...
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date(s)	July 30, 1966
Running time	105 min.
Language	English
Budget	$1,377,800
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Batman (also known as its video-box title Batman: The Movie) is a 1966 film spin-off of the popular Batman television series, and was the first full-length theatrical adaptation of the DC Comics character. The 20th Century Fox release starred Adam West as Batman and Burt Ward as Robin. Twentieth (20th) Century Fox Film Corporation (known from 1935 to 1985 as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation) is one of the six major American film studios. ... is the 211th day of the year (212th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company. ... Twentieth (20th) Century Fox Film Corporation (known from 1935 to 1985 as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation) is one of the six major American film studios. ... Adam West (born William West Anderson on September 19, 1928) is an American actor who is best known for playing the role of Batman/Bruce Wayne on the TV series Batman (which also had a film adaptation). ... Burt Ward (born Bert John Gervis, Jr. ...

The film was directed by Leslie H. Martinson who also directed a pair of Batman episodes; "The Penguin Goes Straight" and "Not Yet, He Ain't," both from season one. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

History

Filmed at the end of the first season of Batman (between April 25 and May 31, 1966 at an estimated $1,377,800), it featured four main criminals from the show, including the "clown prince of crime" The Joker (Cesar Romero), that "count of criminal conundrums" The Riddler (Frank Gorshin), that "pompous, waddling master of fowl play" The Penguin (Burgess Meredith), and the "fiendish feline" The Catwoman (Lee Meriwether). It was written by series writer Lorenzo Semple Jr. and directed by series director Leslie H. Martinson, who won a Golden Gryphon for his efforts, and is less well remembered for directing a large number of less notable movies such as PT 109 and Rescue from Gilligan's Island. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... is the 115th day of the year (116th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 151st day of the year (152nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... The Joker is a comic book supervillain in the DC Comics universe. ... Cesar Julio Romero, Jr. ... Detective Comics #140 (October 1948), the first appearance of the Riddler. ... Frank Gorshin as the Riddler, from the Batman TV series. ... The Penguin (Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot), is a DC Comics supervillain and is an archenemy of Batman. ... Oliver Burgess Meredith (November 16, 1908[1] – September 9, 1997), known as Burgess Meredith, was a versatile American actor. ... Catwoman is a fictional character associated with DC Comics Batman franchise and created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane. ... Lee Meriwether in The Time Tunnel. ... Lorenzo Semple Jr. ... Leslie H. Martinson( January 16, 1915 - ) was director of moderately successful if not best known theater and television movies, including Batman, Gary Colemans Kid with the Broken Halo, PT-109, and Rescue From Gilligans Island. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... PT 109 is a 1963 biographical movie which shows the events of John F. Kennedys actions as a member of the United States Navy during World War II. The movie was adapted by Richard L. Breen, Vincent Flaherty and Howard Sheehan from the book by Robert J. Donovan. ... Rescue From Gilligans Island is a 1978 two-part television movie that continues the adventures of the shipwrecked castaways from the 1964-1967 TV series Gilligans Island. ...

The 105-minute Batman opened at The Paramount Theatre in Austin, Texas on Saturday, July 30, 1966 (between the first and second seasons of the TV series). Like the television series, the movie featured saturated colors, campy dialogue and special effects, and over-exaggeration in acting performances, effectively being a tongue-in-cheek parody. The movie was moderately successful at the box office. The Paramount Theatre is a live theatre venue/movie theatre located in downtown Austin, Texas, built in 1915. ... Nickname: Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: , Country United States State Texas Counties Travis County Government  - Mayor Will Wynn Area  - City  296. ... is the 211th day of the year (212th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... Burt Ward as Robin and Adam West as Batman Batman was the title of an exceptionally popular TV series based on the comic-book character Batman that aired on ABC TV for 2 1/2 seasons from 12 January 1966 to 14 March 1968. ... Camp is an aesthetic in which something has appeal because of its bad taste or ironic value. ... A dialogue (sometimes spelt dialog[1]) is a reciprocal conversation between two or more entities. ... Sarcasm is the making of remarks intended to mock the person referred to (who is normally the person addressed), a situation or thing. ... In contemporary usage, a parody (or lampoon) is a work that imitates another work in order to ridicule, ironically comment on, or poke some affectionate fun at the work itself, the subject of the work, the author or fictional voice of the parody, or another subject. ...

Plot summary

When Batman (West) and Robin (Ward) get a tip that Commodore Schmidlapp (the final role of actor Reginald Denny) is in danger aboard his yacht, they launch a rescue mission using the Batcopter. After a tangle with an exploding shark, Batman and Robin head back to Commissioner Gordon's office where, by case of deduction and wisdom, they figure out that the tip was a set-up by four of the most powerful villains ever (Joker, Penguin, Riddler and Catwoman), who unite to defeat the Dynamic Duo once and for all. Adam West (born William West Anderson on September 19, 1928) is an American actor who is best known for playing the role of Batman/Bruce Wayne on the TV series Batman (which also had a film adaptation). ... Burt Ward (born Bert John Gervis, Jr. ... Reginald Denny in his final acting role as Commodore Schmidlapp in Batman: The Movie. ...

Armed with a dehydrator that can turn humans into dust, a Navy surplus submarine, and their three pirate henchmen (Bluebeard, Morgan and Quetch), the "fearsome foursome" intends to take over the world, and Batman and Robin must stop them. Catwoman romantically lures Bruce Wayne into a trap, unaware that Wayne is Batman's alter-ego, and Penguin even schemes his way into the Batcave, leaving the Duo unable to prevent the kidnapping of the dehydrated United World Security Council.

After giving chase in the Batboat, the Caped Crusader and Boy Wonder use a sonic charge weapon to disable Penguin's submarine and bring it to the surface, where a grand fistfight ensues. Although the powdered members of the dehydrated Council are mixed together -- which would normally spell their doom -- Batman constructs an elaborate filter to return each of them to life.

Prior to this process, Robin asks Batman if it might not be in the world's best interests, with continued problems of overt racism, especially in the U.S. during the 1960s, for them to alter the dust samples so that humans can no longer harm one another. In response, Batman says that they cannot do so and can only hope for people, in general, to learn to live together peacefully on their own.

However, in the final scene, Robin's wishes are ironically fulfilled when the Security Council is improperly re-hydrated. While all of the members are alive and well, continuing to squabble among themselves and totally oblivious of their surroundings, each of them now speaks a completely different language than their original native tongue. As the world looks on in disbelief at this development, Batman and Robin quietly climb out of the United World Headquarters to an uncertain future. Batman's final words express his sincere hope that this "mixing of minds" does more good than it does harm.

Cast

Though Julie Newmar played the Catwoman to great acclaim in the TV series, she could not get out of the movie Mackenna's Gold and thus Lee Meriwether plays the Catwoman in this movie. Mackennas Gold is a 1969 western film directed by J. Lee Thompson, starring Gregory Peck, Omar Sharif and Camilla Sparv. ...

• Adam West - Batman/Bruce Wayne
• Burt Ward - Robin/Dick Grayson
• Cesar Romero - Joker
• Frank Gorshin - The Riddler/Edward Nygma
• Burgess Meredith - The Penguin/Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot
• Lee Meriwether - Catwoman/Miss Kitka
• Alan Napier - Alfred Pennyworth
• Neil Hamilton - Commissioner Gordon
• Stafford Repp - Chief O'Hara
• Madge Blake - Aunt Harriet
• Reginald Denny - Commodore Schmidlapp
• Milton Frome - Vice Admiral Fangschleister
• Gil Perkins - Bluebeard
• Dick Crockett - Morgan
• George Sawaya - Quetch
• William Dozier - Desmond Doomsday the Narrator (uncredited)

Adam West (born William West Anderson on September 19, 1928) is an American actor who is best known for playing the role of Batman/Bruce Wayne on the TV series Batman (which also had a film adaptation). ... Burt Ward (born Bert John Gervis, Jr. ... Cesar Julio Romero, Jr. ... Frank Gorshin as the Riddler, from the Batman TV series. ... Oliver Burgess Meredith (November 16, 1908[1] – September 9, 1997), known as Burgess Meredith, was a versatile American actor. ... Lee Meriwether in The Time Tunnel. ... Alan Napier as Alfred Pennyworth from Batman. ... Neil Hamilton (9 September 1899–24 September 1984) was an American actor famous for his role as Commissioner Gordon on the Batman TV series of the 1960s. ... Stafford Alois Repp (26 April 1918 - 5 November 1974) was a character actor best known for his role as Chief OHara on the Batman TV series. ... Madge Blake (born 31 May 1899 in Kinsley, Kansas; died 19 February 1969 in Pasadena, California) was an American character actress most famous for her role as Aunt Harriet Cooper on the Batman TV series of the 1960s. ... Reginald Denny in his final acting role as Commodore Schmidlapp in Batman: The Movie. ... Milton Frome as Vice Admiral Fangschleister from Batman. ... Adam West as Bruce Wayne and Gil Perkins as Bluebeard from Batman. ... Dick Crockett as Morgan from Batman. ... George Sawaya as Quetch from Batman. ... William Dozier (13 February 1908 – 23 April 1991) was a television producer and actor, most famous as the producer and narrator of the Batman television series. ...

Credits

• A William Dozier Production
• Music by Nelson Riddle
• Associate Producer Charles B. FitzSimons
• Director of Photography: Howard Schwartz, A.S.C.
• Art Directors: Jack Martin Smith, Serge Krizman
• Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Chester L. Bayhi
• Unit Production Manager: Sam Strangis
• Assistant Directors: William Derwin, David Whorf
• Film Editor: Harry Gerstad, A.C.E.
• Special Photographic Effects: L.B. Abbott
• Sound: Roy Meadows, Harry M. Leonard
• Makeup by Ben Nye, Bryce Hutchinson
• Hair Styles Supervised by Margaret Donovan
• Batman Theme by Neal Hefti
• Orchestration by Gil Grau
• Second Unit Director: Ray Kellogg
• Second Unit Photography: Jack Marta
• Aerial Photography: Nelson Tyler
• Batboat: Glastron
• Main Title by Richard Kuhn and National Screen Service
• Color by DeLuxe
• Written by Lorenzo Semple Jr. - Based upon the characters created by Bob Kane appearing in Batman and Detective Comics Magazine published by National Periodical Publications, Inc.
• Produced by William Dozier
• Directed by Leslie H. Martinson

William Dozier (13 February 1908 – 23 April 1991) was a television producer and actor, most famous as the producer and narrator of the Batman television series. ... Nelson Smock Riddle, Jr. ... Harry W. Gerstad (June 11, 1909 - July 17, 2002) was a film editor that sometimes directed films. ... Neal Hefti (born October 29, 1922) is an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and arranger. ... Lorenzo Semple Jr. ... Bob Kane (born Robert Kahn, October 24, 1915 – November 3, 1998) was an American comic book artist and writer credited as the creator of the DC Comics superhero Batman. ... Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a DC Comics fictional superhero who first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939. ... Cover of Detective Comics #27 (May 1939). ... William Dozier (13 February 1908 – 23 April 1991) was a television producer and actor, most famous as the producer and narrator of the Batman television series. ...

Vehicles

Besides the Batmobile, other vehicles used by The Dynamic Duo: This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

• Batcopter
• Batcycle with side car
• Batboat, provided by Glastron

Of the three new Batvehicles which first appeared in the Batman movie, only the Batcycle crossed over into the Batman TV series, as the budgetary limits of the TV series precluded the use of the others. Instead, snippets of the Batcopter and Batboat from the movie were stitched into episodes of the TV series. The Batcopter from Batman: The Movie. ... The Batcycle from Batman: The Movie. ... The Batboat from Batman: The Movie[1]. The Batboat is the fictional personal boat of comic book superhero Batman. ... The Batcycle from Batman: The Movie. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The Batcopter from Batman: The Movie. ... The Batboat from Batman: The Movie[1]. The Batboat is the fictional personal boat of comic book superhero Batman. ...

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