Batman (1966)


Batman
Release Date30 July 1966
Budget$1,000,000
TaglineHe's Here Big As Life In A Real Bat-Epic
GenreAction, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Fantasy
CountryUSA
Filming Locations380 South San Rafael Avenue, Pasadena, California, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassSuperhero Film, Master Criminal Films
ThemesRighting the Wronged, Heroic Mission, Double Life
TonesStylized, Humorous, Fanciful, Campy, Goofy
TagsDuo, Evil, Journalist, Sidekick, Superhero

Batman, often promoted as Batman: The Movie, is a 1966 film based on the Batman television series, and the first full-length theatrical adaptation of the DC Comics character of the same name. Released by 20th Century Fox, the film starred Adam West as Batman and Burt Ward as Robin. 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.


Cast and Crew


The Riddler

Alfred

Chief O'Hara

Madge Blake
Aunt Harriet Cooper

Commodore Schmidlapp

Vice Admiral Fangschliester

Gil Perkins
Bluebeard

Dick Crockett
Morgan

George Sawaya
Quetch

Fred Aldrich
Meeting Room Onlooker

Vincent Barbi
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Wolfe Barzell
Israeli Delegate

Albert Carrier
French Delegate

Rumpot in Window

Maurice Dallimore
United Kingdom Delegate

George DeNormand
White-haired Policeman in office

William Dozier
Narrator

Soviet Delegate

Himself

Harry Lauter
Mr. Merrick, Gotham Globe Reporter

George J. Lewis
Spanish Delegate

Charlie Picerni
Guinea Pig #5

Wally Rose
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Teru Shimada
Japanese Delegate

Fred Stromsoe
Henchman

William Tannen
American Delegate

Arthur Tovey
Policeman in Gordon's Office

Ivan Triesault
German Delegate

Voice of the President

Director

Leslie H. Martinson
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Writer

Lorenzo Semple Jr.

Producer

William Dozier
producer

Charles B. Fitzsimons
associate producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Howard Schwartz

Editor

Harry W. Gerstad

Art Director

Serge Krizman
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Jack Martin Smith
-

Set Decorator

Chester L. Bayhi
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Walter M. Scott
-

Makeup Department

Margaret Donovan
hair styles supervisor

makeup artist

Production Manager

Sam Strangis
unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Bill Derwin
assistant director

Ray Kellogg
second unit director

Art Department

Jack Briggs
property master

Walt Douglas
property master

Wes Lee
property master

Sound Department

Harry M. Leonard
sound

Roy Meadows
sound

Special Effects

L.B. Abbott
special photographic effects

Stunts

Steven Burnett
stunts

Dick Crockett
stunts

Louie Elias
stunts

Hubie Kerns
stunt double: Adam West

Victor Paul
stunt double: Burt Ward

Gil Perkins
stunts

Charlie Picerni
stunts

Wally Rose
stunts

George Sawaya
stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

Jack A. Marta
photographer: second unit

Nelson Tyler
aerial photographer

Dave Friedman
assistant camera

Bill Neff
gaffer

Editorial Department

Steve Johnson
colorist

Music Department

Gil Grau
orchestrator

composer: Batman Theme

Other Crew

Richard Kuhn
title designer: main title

George Barris
car designer

Production Company

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
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William Dozier Productions
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Greenlawn Productions
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Distributor

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Twentieth Century Fox Film Company

20th Century Fox

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Abril Vídeo

Fox Video

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Miscellaneous

Glastron
batboat

National Periodical Publications
Batman and Detective Comics Magazines published by

National Screen Service
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