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Bat Out of Hell (1966)

Bat Out of Hell poster
Genre
detective fiction
Country
United Kingdom
Length
1 season, 5 episodes
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman and her lover are haunted by phone calls from her dead husband. The detective investigates their possible involvement in the murder.

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What happens

Bat Out of Hell is a British Thriller television serial created by Francis Durbridge and originally aired on BBC Two from 26 November to 24 December 1966. The series followed two lovers, Diana Stewart (Sylvia Syms) and Mark Paxton (John Thaw), who are haunted by the voice of Diana's husband over the telephone after he is murdered by the couple. Inspector Clay (Dudley Foster) was the detective inspector who headed the police investigation. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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