Lakeshore Classic Movies

The Bat (1959)

Mystery writer (Agnes Moorehead) leases old mansion with a sinister history, as it was the site of several murders the year before, supposedly by a character known only as ‘The Bat’. Is he a monster or just a serial killer and master criminal that robs and kills rich victims? Could it be the suspicious doctor, played by the great Vincent Price?

The Bat (1959)

1h 20m

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    Detour (1945)

    S2023 E112 - 1h 7m

    A hitchhiker’s (Tom Neal) luck goes from bad to worse when the man who gave him a ride suddenly dies. Worried that he might be accused of murder, he hides the body and takes on the man’s identity.

  • Scarlet Street (1945): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Scarlet Street (1945)

    S2023 E59 - 1h 41m

    A mild-mannered, middle-aged cashier and wannabe painter (Edward G. Robinson) saves a pretty, young woman of the streets (Joan Bennett) from her threatening boyfriend. The cashier soon becomes embroiled into the two’s life of crime and a cycle of destruction that he can’t escape.

  • Quicksand (1950): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Quicksand (1950)

    S2023 E108 - 1h 18m

    Mickey Rooney stars as a mechanic who borrows $20 from the till to take out a new girl, expecting to pay it back the next day. Over the course of the night, he slips deeper and deeper into debt and trouble in this film noir that also stars Peter Lorre.

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