The Sea Bat
The Sea Bat is a 1930 American pre-Code melodrama 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 originally 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 | |
| Produced by | Wesley Ruggles |
| Written by | |
| Story by | Dorothy Yost |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Ira Morgan |
| Edited by | |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 73 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Still with Charles Bickford and Raquel Torres.
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
References
- 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.
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