The Bat (1959)
195980 minCrime & MysteryStrong rights evidence
The Bat (1959) is an 80-minute crime and mystery film that airs free on Starlite TV's Case Files (CH 9) channel. Our rights research indicates it is in the U.S. public domain (evidence below).
Featured in: Free Film Noir & Detective Movies to Watch Online
Upcoming showtimes
- Loading schedule…
Starlite TV is live, scheduled television: when you tune in you join whatever is playing at that moment, just like broadcast TV. Times are shown in your local time zone.
Airs on
- Case Files - CH 9, Crime & Mystery TV
Rights & source
- Basis: Documented as U.S. public domain (e.g. copyright not renewed / no notice)
- Evidence: Listed in Wikipedia 'List of films in the public domain in the United States' (cites Pierce 2007 / Fishman / trade sources). Based on 1920 play / 1908 novel (PD).
- License on source: creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain
- Music: Film soundtrack falls with the film; separately published songs (if any) not individually cleared.
- Underlying rights: Based on 1920 play / 1908 novel (PD).
- Source: Internet Archive
How we check every title: Content & Rights.
More on Case Files
- The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog 1927 · 91 min
- The Amazing Mr. X 1948 · 78 min
- Officer O'Brien 1930 · 76 min
- Murder! 1930 · 102 min
- D.O.A. 1950 · 83 min
- Kansas City Confidential 1952 · 99 min
- The Big House 1930 · 87 min
- The Thirteenth Chair 1929 · 72 min
- The Front Page 1931 · 100 min
- Scarlet Street 1945 · 101 min
- Quicksand 1950 · 79 min
- Suddenly 1954 · 76 min