Episode #25 – Batman: The Movie (1966)

Grab your Bat-Shark Repellant and slather some white greasepaint over your mustache, because we’re jumping in our Bat-Time Machine and going back to the swinging 60s for Batman: The Movie! We talk about why Frank Gorshin is the greatest Riddler ever, how Adam West surprises with some subtle facial expressions, and why this movie is kind of a supervillain origin story for…Robin? You’ll have to listen if you want to know more!

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Directed by Leslie H. Martinson
Written by Lorenzo Semple, jr.
Based on characters and comics by Bill Finger and Bob Kane

Cast

Adam West – Batman / Bruce Wayne
Burt Ward – Robin / Dick Grayson
Lee Meriwether – Catwoman / Miss Kitka
Burgess Meredith – The Penguin
Frank Gorshin – The Riddler
Cesar Romero – The Joker
Alan Napier – Alfred Pennyworth
Neil Hamilton – Commissioner Gordon
Stafford Repp – Chief O’Hara
Madge Blake – Aunt Harriet
Reginald Denny – Commodore Schmidlapp
Van Williams – President Lyndon B. Johnson (voice)
William Dozier – Narrator / Bat-Computer (voice)