1x10 A Death Worse Than Fate (2) - Batman Episode Guide

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Episode: 01x10
Title: A Death Worse Than Fate (2)
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 8705-Pt. 2
First Aired: Feb. 10, 1966

Season 1 » Episode #10 - A Death Worse Than Fate (2)

Batman - 01x10 A Death Worse Than Fate (2)

Summary: Bruce Wayne must go on live TV to deliver a ransom for Aunt Harriet's rerturn. A clue planted in her purse falls out in hopes to lure Batman into Zelda's trap. The plan lures the Dynamic Duo into Ekdal's "Inescapable Doom Trap."

Who appeared in this episode?

Batman
Robin

Guest Stars:

Alfred	played by Alan Napier
Commissioner Gordon	played by Neil Hamilton
Chief O'Hara	played by Stafford Repp
Aunt Harriet Cooper	played by Madge Blake
The Doctor	played by Douglass Dumbrille
Hood No. I	played by Victor French
Hood No. II	played by William Phipps
Newsman	played by Frankie Darro
The Announcer	played by Jerry Doggett

Season 1 / Episode 10: - A Death Worse Than Fate (2)

Zelda: [on phone, using a scarf to muffle her voice] This line better not be traced, my friends, or it'll be very sad for Mrs. Harriet Cooper.
Robin: [on television, as per Zelda's instructions] How is she?
Zelda: [glances up at Aunt Harriet] Oh, quite well, Boy Wonder. At least as well as one can be in a straight jacket over a fatal pool of flaming oil.
Bruce Wayne: You devil! How could a woman stoop to such a trick?

Season 1 / Episode 10: - A Death Worse Than Fate (2)

Robin: Aw, come on, you crook, you can't be old bad! Let the poor lady go, huh?

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TRIVIA

Last acting appearance of Douglass Dumbrille.
SPOILER: Although "Smack in the Middle" was the only episode in which a major character dies, two goons meet their Maker at the end of this episode, when, while trying to shoot the Duo while hiding inside sarcophagi (mummy cases), they get caught in each other's crossfire.
Music and dialogue from this story appears on the original TV soundtrack album originally released in 1966.