The Sea Bat is a 1930 American pre-Code thriller film directed by Lionel Barrymore and Wesley Ruggles, starring Raquel Torres, Charles Bickford and featuring Boris Karloff.[1] Part of the film was filmed on location in Mazatlán, Mexico. The film was intended as a vehicle for Lon Chaney, but he was too ill from throat cancer to undertake the project and died on August 26, 1930. The film concerns a community of sponge divers who are harassed by a large and hostile manta ray.[1]
The Sea Bat | |
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Directed by | |
Written by | |
Story by | Dorothy Yost |
Produced by | Wesley Ruggles |
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Cinematography | Ira Morgan |
Edited by | |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 73 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Cast
- Raquel Torres as Nina
- Charles Bickford as Reverend Sims
- Nils Asther as Carl
- George F. Marion as Antone
- John Miljan as Juan
- Boris Karloff as Corsican
- Gibson Gowland as Limey
- Edmund Breese as Maddocks
- Mathilde Comont as Mimba
- Mack Swain as Dutchy
- James Dime as the sailor
See also
References
- ^ a b Sala, Ángel (October 2005). "Apéndices". Tiburón ¡Vas a necesitar un barco más grande! El filme que cambió Hollywood (1st ed.). Festival Internacional de Cinema de Catalunya. p. 114. ISBN 84-96129-72-1.
External links
- The Sea Bat at IMDb
- The Sea Bat at the TCM Movie Database
- The Sea Bat at AllMovie
- The Sea Bat at the American Film Institute Catalog