Batman (1966): The Great Train Robbery (2)

Episode score 9.2 Superb

The Great Train Robbery (2)

  • 116.
  • Season: 3
  • Episode: 22
  • First Aired: 2/8/1968
  • Prod Code: 1723-Pt. 2

EPISODE OVERVIEW

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Shame and his criminal posse invade an ammunition shop where, after holding up its proprietor, Peter, and arming themselves to the teeth, they plan their next move. Meanwhile, Calamity Jan pleasd with Shame to swap Batgirl for her mom, and he grudgingly agrees. The next morning he sends Chief Standing Pat to Police HQ and deliver his offer. The Dynamic Duo accepts, and they transfer Frontier Fanny to The Central American Pavillion at the closed Gotham City World Fair, as requested, where Shame, Jan, Pat and Fred await in ambush. Batman spots the prenicious posse, and tosses a chemical capsule which makes their weapons 20X heavier than usual! Batgirl manages to fee herself, and The Dynamic Trio brutallt bash the barehanded bandits. Shame snatches up a gun and blasts out a pinata, knocking out The Trio long enough for the posse to head for them hills! Batman, Batgirl and Robin regain consciousness and reconvene in Gordon's office, where Batgirl relates Shame's plan to commit a Great Train Robbery. The Caped Crusader quickly recalls a shipment of old money which is being transported by train to The Treasury Department to be burned to ashes--and believes this is exactly what Shame is after! The Dynamic Trio rush to save the train!

In the meantime, Shame severs the tracks with the acetylene torch and breaks into the money car with the diamond drill, spraying its occupants with Fear Gas and snatches the cash. The Dynamic Duo speeds back to The Batcave where The Caped Crusader launches a Batdrone plane to issue a skywritten challenge to Shame. Shame accepts, and agrees to meet Batman alone in the condemned tenement district (the exact equivalency of a ghost town!). Naturally, Shame reneges on his agreement with Batman and secretly has his posse wait in a nearby alley, with orders to blow Batman away when he and The Caped Crusader are within 20 feet apart. The final showdown commences, and while The Criminal Cowboy and The Caped Crusader slowly advance toward each other, Batgirl and Robin manages to disarm Shame's posse. Shame realizes something's wrong and resorts to plan B: a derringer hidden in his hat! Batman knocks it from his hand with a well-aimed and -thrown Batarang. Shame manages to fool Batman by cowardly begging for mercy at Batman's feet and pretending to surrender. He knocks him aside, and the two battle it out in the middle of the street. The Caped Crusader emerges victorious, and Shame, Jan, Fanny, Fred, and Pat are all hoosegow-bound!

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Writers:
Stanley Ralph Ross
Director:
Oscar Rudolph
Stars:
Adam West (Bruce N. Wayne/Batman)
Madge Blake (Aunt Harriet Cooper [ seasons 1-2 ])
Burt Ward (Richard "Dick" Grayson/Robin The Boy Wonder)
Alan Napier (Alfred Pennyworth)
Yvonne Craig (Barbara Gordon/Batgirl [ season 3 ])
Stafford Repp (Chief O'Hara)
William Dozier (the narrator)
David Lewis (Warden Crichton)
Byron Keith (Mayor Linseed)
Neil Hamilton (I) (Commissioner James W. Gordon)
Guest Star:
Hermione Baddeley (Frontier Fanny)
Dina Merrill (Calamity Jan)
Barry Dennen (Fred)
Brian Sullivan (Fortissimo Fra Diavlo)
Dorothy Kirsten (Leonora Sotto Voce)
Jerry Mathers (Pops The Doorman [cameo])
Arnold Stang (Peter [gun shop owner])
Victor Lundin (Chief Standing Pat)
Robert Casper (Train Clerk)
Cliff Robertson (Shame)
James Jeter (Train Guard)
  • Batman and Shame's fight goes down on a re-dress of the Mayberry set from The Andy Griffith Show. edit »
  • This was the last episode of Batman to air on ABC as a 2-parter, once a tried-and-true institution of the series. edit »
  • Batman was preempted on ABC February 15, 1968. edit »
  • Arnold Stang (Peter [gun shop owner]) provided the voice of Top Cat, as well as The Bee in several commercials for Honey Nut Cheerios in the 1980s. edit »
  • Cliff Robertson's final performance of Shame. edit »
Show Score 8.2 superb
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