Batman: The Movie (1966) on Netflix

Approved19661h 45mAdventure Comedy Family

A tip sends Batman and Robin to rescue Commodore Schmidlapp from his yacht, which vanishes as Batman lands on it. Catwoman, the Joker, the Penguin and the Riddler set the trap.

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Plot summary

Word comes to Batman and Robin that Commodore Schmidlapp is in peril on his yacht. The two fly out in the Batcopter. As Batman lowers himself on the bat-ladder, the vessel vanishes beneath him, and a shark clamps onto his leg; he frees himself with bat-shark repellent. At Commissioner Gordon's office, they work out that the message was a set-up. Behind it stands the United Underworld, four of the most powerful criminals in Gotham City: Catwoman, the Joker, the Penguin and the Riddler. Schmidlapp's dehydrator, which reduces people to dust, is in their hands, and he himself has been taken without knowing it. They depart in a war-surplus submarine shaped like a penguin and hire three pirate henchmen: Bluebeard, Morgan and Quetch.

Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Batman: The Movie (1966)

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The Batboat was created by the Austin-based company Glastron, whose payment for the work was not a fee but having the film premiere in their hometown.
Julie Newmar had already played Catwoman in two episodes of the TV series' first season, but had other commitments and was replaced in the film by Lee Meriwether; the Biography special Catwoman: Her Many Lives later said a back injury kept Newmar from reprising the role.
The studio behind Batman: The Movie only agreed to fund it after a 1965 screening of Columbia Pictures' 1943 The Batman serial in New York City renewed interest in the character, and after the television series became phenomenally successful.
The film was Batman's first major foray into Cold War issues, paying heavy attention to Polaris missiles and war surplus submarines, and taking a poke at the Pentagon.