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
Film poster
Directed by	Lionel Barrymore Wesley Ruggles
Written by	Bess Meredyth John Howard Lawson
Story by	Dorothy Yost
Produced by	Wesley Ruggles
Starring	Charles Bickford Raquel Torres Nils Asther George F. Marion
Cinematography	Ira Morgan
Edited by	Harry Reynolds Jerome Thoms
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	July 5, 1930 (1930-07-05)
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

• Boris Karloff filmography
• Lionel Barrymore filmography
• List of monster movies

References

External links

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• 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

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