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This big screen spin-off of the popular Batman televison series, Adam West's Batman was the first full-length theatrical adaptation of the DC Comics character. It was later to acquire the video-box title Batman: The Movie. The 20th Century Fox release starred Adam West as Batman and Burt Ward as Robin. Filmed at the end of season one of the ABC primetime Batman TV series of the 1960s (between April 25 and May 31, 1966 at an estimated $1,377,800), it featured four main criminals from the show, including "fiendish funnyman" the Joker (Cesar Romero), The "riddling" Riddler (Frank Gorshin), that "fowl bird" The Penguin (Burgess Meredith), and the "fiendish feline" Catwoman (Lee Meriwether). It was directed by Leslie H. Martinson, who won a Golden Gryphon for his efforts.

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 colours, campy dialogue and special effects, and over-exaggeration in acting performances, effectively being a tongue-in-cheek parody. It performed poorly at the box office and is despised by many fans of the gothic horror "Creature of the Night" Batman.

Plot summary

When Batman (West) and Robin (Ward) get a tip that Commodore Schmidlapp is in danger aboard his yacht, they launch a rescue mission. 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 that the tip was a set-up by four of the most powerful villains ever (Joker, Penguin, Riddler and Catwoman), who seek to defeat the Dynamic Duo once and for all. Armed with a dehydrator that can turn humans into dust, and a Navy surplus submarine, the "fearsome foursome" intends to take over the world, and Batman and Robin must stop them.

Cast

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

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 upoon the characters created by Bob Kane

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