The Riddler is back, and is pursuing a silent movie theme with his latest scheme.The Riddler is back, and is pursuing a silent movie theme with his latest scheme.The Riddler is back, and is pursuing a silent movie theme with his latest scheme.
Madge Blake
- Mrs. Cooper
- (credit only)
Theodore Marcuse
- Von Bloheim
- (as Theo Marcuse)
William Dozier
- Narrator
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Len Felber
- Theatre Patron
- (uncredited)
Buck Harrington
- Theatre Patron
- (uncredited)
John Pedrini
- Theatre Patron
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaBased on a 1965 Batman Comic Book story, in which the villain was The Joker, not The Riddler.
- GoofsIn all previous episodes, Batman states he never gambles. However in the Commissioner Gordon's office he deduces the Riddler will be at Mother Gotham's Bakery and bets Gordon a dollar that he is right.
- Quotes
Dick Grayson: [Bruce lays down the Bat-phone] What is it, Bruce?
Bruce Wayne: The Riddler.
Dick Grayson: Holy triple feature! Won't that crook ever learn?
Bruce Wayne: That's a good question.
[pushes the button hidden in the bust to reveal the Bat-poles]
Bruce Wayne: While we ponder it... To the Bat-poles.
[as they run towards the Bat-poles, they almost trip on each other's feet]
Bruce Wayne: Excuse me.
Featured review
Frank Gorshin doing Chaplin
"Death in Slow Motion" was Frank Gorshin's last Riddler adventure until his single third season finale, and by the standards of this first season the silliest yet. An homage to silent comedy, the supporting cast is a dream: Francis X. Bushman, former star of silents, as Mr. Van Jones, an avid collector of silent movie prints, while the beautiful moll is voluptuous Sherry Jackson, with Burt Brandon, Theo Marcuse, and Richard Bakalyan (later seen opposite King Tut, Louie the Lilac, and The Joker) as Riddler henchmen. Walter Woolf King, former co-star of Laurel and Hardy and The Marx Brothers, opens the story as the theater manager who watches The Riddler's impersonation of Charlie Chaplin and thinks it's all an act (he actually steals the box office receipts of $200). The Count of Conundrums has been commissioned by Van Jones to film the first silent comedy in 3 decades, to star an unwitting Batman and Robin, usually a step behind every move made by their arch nemesis. An afternoon gathering featuring spiked lemonade finds Commissioner Gordon and Chief O'Hara telling each other how they really feel! The cliffhanger is a familiar one from the primitive early silent days, Robin on the conveyor belt, about to be sawed in half, leaving the Boy Wonder beside himself! The theater cashier is played by the breathtaking beauty Judy Pace, whose career extended another two decades.
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- kevinolzak
- May 19, 2016
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