Friends of Batman 1966 (by StuOz)
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- DirectorSpencer Gordon BennetStarsRobert LoweryJohnny DuncanJane AdamsSecond serial featuring the comic book character Batman. In it, Batman, together with his sidekick Robin, face off against the Wizard, a hooded villain with an electronic device that remotely controls vehicles.In 1943 there was a clunky racist serial called The Batman - the terrible bat-costumes make the 43 Bat show unwatchable today. Thankfully, in 1949, Columbia re-cast Batman and did everything 100 times better in Batman and Robin (1949).
- CreatorC.C. BeckBill ParkerStarsMichael GrayLes TremayneJackson BostwickA young boy, able to transform into the superhero Captain Marvel, travels the country fighting evil and helping people.Despite not being Batman, this series manages to capture that harmless child-like appeal of the 1966 series.
- DirectorFord BeebeSaul A. GoodkindStarsBuster CrabbeConstance MooreJackie MoranA 20th Century pilot named Buck Rogers and his young friend Buddy Wade awake from 500 years in suspended animation to find that the world has been taken over by the outlaw army of Killer Kane.I call this serial Batman and Robin in Space.
- DirectorRoger CormanStarsAntony CarboneBetsy Jones-MorelandRobert TowneA crook decides to bump off members of his inept crew and blame their deaths on a legendary sea creature. What he doesn't know is that the creature is real.The title is a bit misleading. The creature in this Roger Corman oddity is only about 20% of the movie! This is an early example of so-bad-it-is-good humour! Released in 1961 but filmed in 1959, I can't think of a pre-1959 flick with comedy like this!
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsMichael KeatonJack NicholsonKim BasingerThe Dark Knight of Gotham City begins his war on crime with his first major enemy being Jack Napier, a criminal who becomes the clownishly homicidal Joker.Okay, this is a bit grim and nasty, but not as grim and nasty as the stuff that would come out of Hollywood in the 21st century. I love 1989 Batman!
- DirectorJoel SchumacherStarsVal KilmerTommy Lee JonesJim CarreyBatman must battle former district attorney Harvey Dent, who is now Two-Face and Edward Nygma, The Riddler with help from an amorous psychologist and a young circus acrobat who becomes his sidekick, Robin.After the 1989 movie they toned things down a bit. Some people hate this flick but I have always been a fan - even if Robin is a complaining jerk at times!
- DirectorJoel SchumacherStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerGeorge ClooneyChris O'DonnellBatman and Robin try to keep their relationship together even as they must stop Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy from freezing Gotham City.Robin is still a jerk at times but the first ten or 15 minutes of this flick contain some of the best action scenes in 90s Hollywood cinema.
- DirectorIshirô HondaStarsAkira TakaradaJoseph CottenCesar RomeroA journalist is saved by a giant submarine captained by a 200-year-old man who takes him to an underwater paradise city where no one ages. That's when monsters and mutants sent by the captain's rival, a 200-year-old scientist, attack.Cesar Romero aka The Joker had a ball appearing in this Japanese/American co-production.
- DirectorJoseph SargentStarsRobert VaughnDavid McCallumLeo G. CarrollAn UNCLE translator, Mandy Stevenson, seeks excitement. Solo, feeling sorry for her, "recruits" Mandy to be a courier. In reality, she is only supposed to get Waverly more pipe tobacco. Things go askew when Mandy is given actual valuable information (a list of Thrush agents in France). UNCLE and Thrush comb New York to find Mandy.Cesar Romero aka The Joker just before 1966 Batman. The hands down best episode of UNCLE has Romero appearing as the nasty well spoken head of "THRUSH". It has often been reported that the UNCLE series used the same sort of "camp" humour as 1966 Batman. Well I usually turned to UNCLE for other things but I can say that one two-part adventure (from season four) was very amusing: The Prince of Darkness Affair.
- DirectorAlex MarchPaul StaderStarsJosé FerrerBurgess MeredithMel FerrerAfter a century of being in suspended animation, the mysterious submarine commander is revived in modern times for new adventures.Burgess Meredith aka The Penguin.
- DirectorJud TaylorStarsWilliam ShatnerLeonard NimoyDeForest KelleyThe Enterprise encounters two duo-chromatic and mutually belligerent aliens who put the ship in the middle of their old conflict.Frank Gorshin aka The Riddler.
- DirectorHerb WallersteinStarsWilliam ShatnerLeonard NimoyDeForest KelleyKirk and Spock are taken prisoners by a former starship captain named Garth, who now resides at, and has taken over, a high security asylum for the criminally insane.Yvonne Craig aka Batgirl in her best role ever!
- DirectorLeo PennStarsRichard BasehartDavid HedisonVictor BuonoNelson visits a scientist that's created cyborgs who hold him prisoner. Then a Nelson cyborg is sent to the Seaview to start a war.Victor Buono aka King Tut.
- 1964–196852mTV-G7.3 (117)TV EpisodeDirectorHarry HarrisStarsRichard BasehartDavid HedisonVincent PriceA puppeteer comes on board to entertain the crew. But it is later revealed that his puppets are alive and they plan to take over the sub. That's when they replace the crew members with duplicates. Only Nelson and Crane are left to try and stop them.Vincent Price aka Egghead.
- DirectorRobert SparrStarsRichard BasehartDavid HedisonMichael PateInvestigating why the world's oceans are rising, the Seaview finds a race of Frost Men at the Polar Cap who are increasing the temperature and they want the submarines' reactor to help them leave the earth.A touch of the Mr Freeze episodes.
- DirectorMichael BenvenisteHoward ZiehmStarsJason WilliamsSuzanne FieldsJoseph HudginsEmperor Wang is leader of the planet Porno and sends his mighty sex ray toward Earth, which turns everyone into sex-mad fiends. Only one person can save the Earth, football player Flesh Gordon.This film has a touch of the campy 1966 Batman humour but done in an R-rated way! Once X-rated before cuts. For decades people have been saying Flash Gordon (1980), written by a Batman writer, resembles the Adam West series - but I don't see it! Flesh Gordon (1974) is the hands down best version of Flash Gordon ever made!
- CreatorGeorge W. TrendleStarsBruce LeeVan WilliamsWende WagnerA newspaper publisher and his Asian valet/martial arts expert battle crime as the feared Green Hornet and Kato.Done by the same producer at the same studio as 1966 Batman. Also same composer: Billy May.
- DirectorRick MoralesStarsAdam WestBurt WardJulie NewmarBatman and Robin of the 1960s live action series are back in action to take down their fiendish foes united once more against them.This gets better with repeat viewings. I was only a mild fan on first viewing but after a few screenings - it blew me away!
- DirectorRick MoralesStarsAdam WestBurt WardWilliam ShatnerGotham City District Attorney Harvey Dent is mutilated in a laboratory accident. When the duplicitous Two-Face embarks on a crime spree, Batman and Robin must solve the mystery of his identity while facing off against several other foes.In some ways this is too grim for a 1966 series reboot, but hey, Adam West and Burt Ward are still here - so how can I complain?
- StarsDiana MaddoxPat Harrington Jr.Ted KnightThe adventures of the aquatic superhero and his friends.I call this cartoon Batman and Robin Underwater!
- DirectorPaul A. KaufmanStarsAdam WestBurt WardJack BrewerWhen the Batmobile is stolen, Adam West and Burt Ward search for it while remembering their days as the stars of the Batman live action series.The flashback scenes are outstanding. The present day (2003) scenes are not so good.
- DirectorMatthew HiscoxStarsChristopher L. RobinsonMatthew HiscoxJennifer ZhangBatman, Robin and Nightwing investigate a mysterious assailant who is targeting the kingpins of Gotham's criminal underground. As more of the rogues gallery is ensnared, a disturbing revelation about the attacker's identity takes shape.Actually a fan film made with both Batman and Robin.
- CreatorFrank D. GilroyStarsGene BarryGary ConwayRegis ToomeyThe millionaire captain of the LAPD homicide division is driven to the crime scenes in his 1962 Rolls-Royce by his loyal chauffeur.This only just fits in this list. A very light crime series loaded with clever one-liners (from Burke) and he even has a youthful assistant. Burgess Meredith appeared playing a crazy guy.
- DirectorGuy HamiltonStarsSean ConneryJill St. JohnCharles GrayA diamond smuggling investigation leads James Bond to Las Vegas where he uncovers an evil plot involving a rich business tycoon.The humour is often compared to 1966 Batman.
- DirectorPhil KarlsonStarsDean MartinStella StevensDaliah LaviRetired agent Matt Helm is re-activated in order to stop an evil organization from exploding an atom bomb over the USA and starting WWIII.The humour is often compared to 1966 Batman.
- DirectorHenry LevinStarsDean MartinAnn-MargretKarl MaldenHandsome top-secret American agent Matt Helm must recover a laser-weapons inventor who has been kidnapped by arch-villain Julian Wall.The humour is often compared to 1966 Batman.
- DirectorHenry LevinStarsDean MartinSenta BergerJanice RuleSecret agent Matt Helm must battle foreign spies and a rogue nation's exiled ruler in order to recover a hijacked U.S. government experimental flying saucer.The humour is often compared to 1966 Batman.
- DirectorPhil KarlsonStarsDean MartinElke SommerSharon TateGold bullion worth USD 1 billion has been stolen from a hijacked train in Denmark. The main suspect is Count Massimo Contini. The US government sends Matt Helm, one of its top agents, to investigate and recover the gold.The humour is often compared to 1966 Batman.
- CreatorIrwin AllenStarsJames DarrenRobert ColbertWhit BissellTwo scientists with a secret time travel project find themselves trapped in the time stream and appearing in notable periods of history.Made at the same time at the same studio, TT has endless fight scenes and cliff-hangers - just like 1966 Batman!
- DirectorAllen ReisnerStarsJack LordJames MacArthurAl HarringtonA rare 1913 Liberty Head nickel, one of only five ever made, is to be auctioned at a coin show held at the Ilikai Hotel. European master criminal Eric Damien gets con artist and sleight-of-hand expert, Arnie Price, freed from jail so that he can switch a cleverly-made fake with the original before the auction. But things do not go as planned, as Price, fearing capture, tries to dispose of the nickel in a news rack, and the chase is on to recover the nickel before anyone else finds it.Victor Buono aka King Tut.
- DirectorCliff BoleStarsLee MajorsRichard AndersonMichael A. SalcidoWhen Steve Austin agrees to some promotional work for a friends' Big Brothers organization, he soon takes a difficult youth named Carlos Delgado under his wing.Aka Bruce and Dick Battle It Out.
- 1979–19811hTV-146.9 (238)TV EpisodeDirectorLarry StewartStarsGil GerardErin GrayTim O'ConnorAfter a mysterious probe lands on Earth, Buck and Twiki travel through a vortex to another universe where the peaceful inhabitants of the planet Pendar are under attack from the ruthless war witch Zarina. Buck has to form an uneasy alliance with Draconian Princess Ardala, who has followed him through the vortex, in order to defeat Zarina.Julie Newmar aka Catwoman.
- DirectorJohn McTiernanStarsBruce WillisJeremy IronsSamuel L. JacksonJohn McClane and a Harlem store owner are targeted by German terrorist Simon in New York City, where he plans to rob the Federal Reserve Building.Aka The Return of the Riddler.
- StarsJeff AltmanCharlie CallasGabriel DellA teamup of some of DC Comics' greatest superheroes together, for 2 specials: a race to stop the united supervillains' plot to destroy the earth, then later a roast in tribute to all of the heroes hosted by Ed McMahon.Adam West and Burt Ward return as B&R.
- DirectorDennis DonnellyStarsJaclyn SmithCheryl LaddShelley HackThe agency is hired by Joe Fairgate to locate his sister, Sally Fairgate, who disappeared in a "she was there, then all of a sudden she wasn't" scenario. Although the Fairgates are extremely wealthy, the Angels and Joe believe, since there is no ransom request, that Sally's disappearance has nothing to do with their wealth, but rather something to do with the location where she went missing, a three day/thirty hour ballroom dance competition at the struggling Dancetown dance hall where Joe and Sally were entered and, coming out of nowhere, became the favorites to win the $5,000 first prize. Attending Dancetown as potential contestants, the Angels and Bosley end up investigating many of those involved directly with the competition: Dancetown's co-owners, P.J. Wilkes and Al Norman, who, on the surface, have a film noir shadiness to them, especially in Norman idolizing the classic movie tough guys; Elton Mills, the bandleader who longs to return to the big band era; and Billy and Betty, the band's young vocal couple whose usual taste in music isn't found in such dance halls. But who becomes their chief suspect is "couple number 6", who were favored to win the competition before Joe and Sally arrived on the scene, with the male of the couple having an especially easily triggered temper in achieving the prize, the question being at any cost?Cesar Romero not being The Joker. Yes, I know, this series stinks, but Cesar is still a knockout in a terrible series.
- DirectorDavid WintersStarsDavy JonesMicky DolenzMichael NesmithPeter walks into The Great Oracullo's House of Mysteries for inspiration and is turned into a psychic slave by a cup of tea. Oracullo wants to headline at The Club Cassandra instead of the Monkees and use Peter in his act, simultaneously ruining the Monkees' chances of getting the gig.Burgess Meredith almost being The Penguin but not totally.
- DirectorLarry PeerceStarsRay MacDonnellDavey DavisonJan ShutanSupervillain Mr. Memory has three ambassadors set to attend a secret NATO conference about the Western European Defense System kidnapped in order to derail NATO and benefit an unnamed group and/or nation led by a man named Major Power. Chief Patton turns to his best man, Dick Tracy, to rescue the ambassadors and keep the conference on track.Victor Buono as a villain is the hands down best thing about this Fox pilot that never went anywhere.
- DirectorJun FukudaYoshimitsu BannoIshirô HondaStarsKatsuhiko SasakiHiroyuki KawaseYutaka HayashiMegalon, the monster god of the vengeful undersea nation Seatopia, is aided by Gigan in attacking the surface world, until android Jet Jaguar teams up with Godzilla to fight them.Godzilla goes into full-on campy Batman mode. The climax of this film has four creatures battle it out (Godzilla and a robot at one end). Godzilla becomes almost human-like as he shakes hands with his fellow crime-fighter. This film is comedy, no science fiction here!
- DirectorWilliam SachsStarsStephen MachtAvery SchreiberJ.D. HintonIn the 31st century, sexy blonde android Galaxina helms the crew of a space cruiser on a mission to find the Blue Star, a mystical gem that holds unlimited power.The 1966 Batmobile ends up on an alien planet. Confused? So am I.
- DirectorAng LeeStarsDemetri MartinHenry GoodmanEdward HibbertA man working at his parents' motel in the Catskills inadvertently sets in motion the generation-defining concert in the summer of 1969.The 60s hippie movement. We got a bit of this in Batman (for example, the Louie The Lilac episode).
- DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsLeonardo DiCaprioBrad PittMargot RobbieA faded television actor and his stunt double strive to achieve fame and success in the final years of Hollywood's Golden Age in 1969 Los Angeles.The 60s hippie movement. We got a bit of this in Batman (for example, the Louie The Lilac episode).
- DirectorPaul WendkosStarsRobert StackVictor BuonoBruce GordonMelanthos Moon is a San Francisco art and antique dealer who manages to hijack a large supply of the special paper used to print U.S. Currency. He then arranges to spring from Leavenworth prison master counterfeiter Hans Dreiser to engrave the plates to produce the money. Eliot Ness and the Untouchables are soon on to him having followed Moon's henchman Benny Joplin back to his Oakland, California home. With the phony money available, Moon then approaches Chicago mobster Frank Nitti with an offer of $100 million split 50/50 with Nitti distributing the cash. Ness and his men are out to get one of the nearly perfect bills to get the serial number and stop the distribution of the cash before it starts.King Tut gets violent in the end.
- CreatorTomoyuki TanakaStarsKazuya AoyamaKazumi KitaharaTakashi SatoThe last remaining survivors of the now long gone planet, Peaceland, the Zone family soon found refuge on the planet Earth, where they took on the identity of the Sakimori family and began a peaceful new life. However, fate seemed to have other plans in store for them. The evil alien race that had destroyed Peaceland, known as the Garoga have now turned their eyes toward Earth as the next target in their never ending quest to conquer the universe. Shortly after discovering this, several members of the Zone family are kidnapped. Luckily, the Garoga did not expect the three children, Hikaru, Hotaru, and Akira to transform into Zone Fighter, Zone Angel, and Zone Junior respectively, who fight off the Garoga.A 26 episode Japanese TV series with costumed crime fighters who have a little Batcave hidden behind home furniture. They drive around in a super car! The show features bright colours. Enough said.
- StarsKôji MoritsuguYuriko HishimiSandayû DokumamushiAn alien superhero from M-78 protects Earth from extraterrestrial threats in this popular classic follow-up to the original "Ultraman" TV series.A 49 episode Japanese TV series with crime fighters who drive around in a fancy car not unlike the 1966 Batmobile. However, this series is played totally straight.
- DirectorElliot SilversteinStarsJames BrolinKathleen LloydJohn MarleyA small desert town is terrorized by a powerful, seemingly possessed car, and the local sheriff may be the only one who can stop it.The maker of the Batmobile made "The Car".
- CreatorEsther ShapiroRichard Alan ShapiroStarsJohn ForsytheLinda EvansJoan CollinsThe trials and tribulations of two feuding families, the Carringtons and the Colbys, both oil rich families in Denver, Colorado.The 80s take on the so bad it is good theme. The physical fights between Joan Collins and Linda Evans would fit into Batman perfectly. At one point a storyline was made where a double was found of Linda Evans - total fantasy or camp?
- DirectorE.W. SwackhamerStarsAdam WestRon FrazierAnn WeldonThe former star of a cancelled cop TV show solves crimes. Pilot episode for a TV series that was never picked up.I laughed at this failed Adam West pilot - too bad it never turned into a series.
- DirectorLeslie H. MartinsonStarsAdam WestBurt WardLee MeriwetherThe Dynamic Duo faces four supervillains who plan to hold the world for ransom with the help of a secret invention that instantly dehydrates people.
- CreatorLorenzo Semple Jr.William DozierStarsAdam WestBurt WardAlan NapierThe Caped Crusader and his young ward battle evildoers in Gotham City.