The Sea Bat

The Sea Bat (1930)

Beauty, Drama, Romance...that will stay forever in your memory!

The sister of a sponge diver killed by a stingray loves an escaped convict posing as a priest.

Date of release
1930-07-05
TMDB
4.4 / 10 (12)
Runtime
1h 13m
Genres
Action, Romance, Thriller
Director
Lionel Barrymore, Wesley Ruggles

Casting

Interesting facts

The Sea Bat is a 1930 American pre-Code melodrama film directed by Wesley Ruggles, starring Raquel Torres, Charles Bickford. Part of the film was filmed on location in Mazatlán, Mexico. The film was originally intended as a vehicle for Lon Chaney, who was too ill from throat cancer to undertake the project and died a month after the film's release.

Production

The film was originally announced for filming in early 1929 as a collaboration between Lon Chaney and Tod Browning. By August 31, 1929, Victor Fleming had taken over as the director, but was replaced by Hunt Stromberg by October 2, 1929, and finally by Wesley Ruggles, as of January 20, 1930. Some contemporary reports state that Lionel Barrymore as an additional director, but his name is not mentioned in any trades at the time of the production.

Filming had begun by February 8, 1930, on location at Mazatlan, Mexico.

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