Batman (1966): The Sandman Cometh

Episode score 9.2 Superb

The Sandman Cometh

  • 67.
  • Season: 2
  • Episode: 33
  • First Aired: 12/28/1966

EPISODE OVERVIEW

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Batman and Robin are alerted when Mooney, a policewoman working undercover as a member of The Catwoman's mob, vanishes shortly after warning Gordon that Catwoman is planning to join forces with a European criminal known as The Sandman for committing a crime. Later, Catwoman pretending to fall asleep on a mattress display in a store window is spirited away by one of Sandman's cronies and later turns up on a TV newscast, where she cleverly advertises the talents of a sleep expert names Dr. Somnambula, a.k.a. Sandman, in hopes of gaining the attention of J. Pauline Spaghetti, a rich insomniac.
Sandman's scheme is a success, and he is summoned to Spaghetti's penthouse; there, while examining her eyes, he gasses her asleep. Working fast, he snaps photos of J. Pauline's financial ledger just as The Dynamic Duo arrive to rescue her from the man they--but not J. Pauline!--believe to be The Sandman. While Spaghetti proves to them that she wasn't in danger, Sandman escapes. The Caped Crusader and The Boy Wonder later trace The Sandman to his GHQ at the abandoned Morpheus Mattress Factory on Derwin Alley. Upon entering the deserted factory, they are quickly seized by Sandman and his henchmen Snooze and Nap. The Batman is bound to a mattress under a giant button stitcher, while Robin is ordered to push the button which activates the machine. The Sandman decides to give Robin to Catwoman as a present and splits. Add a recap »

Writers:
Ellis St. JosephCharles HoffmanEllis St. Joseph
Director:
George Waggner
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)
Stafford Repp (Chief O'Hara)
William Dozier (the narrator)
David Lewis (Warden Crichton)
Byron Keith (Mayor Linseed)
Neil Hamilton (I) (Commissioner James W. Gordon)
Recurring Role:
Julie Newmar (The Catwoman)
Guest Star:
Jeanie Moore (Catarina/Policewoman Mooney)
Richard Peel (Snooze)
Tony Ballen (Nap)
Gypsy Rose Lee (Female Newscaster)
C. Lindsay Workman (Tuthill)
Ray Montgomery (Officer Dan Dietrich)
James Brolin (Officer Reggie Hogan)
Valerie Kairys (Kitty)
Barbara Kelly (Woman)
William Dyer (Policeman)
Michael Rennie (The Sandman)
Pat Becker (Cattie)
  • In DC Comics, the Sandman was a hero during World War Two from Gotham City, not a villain edit »
Show Score 8.2 superb
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