The Dark Knight of Gotham City begins his war on crime with his first major enemy being Jack Napier, a criminal who becomes the clownishly homicidal Joker.
Director
Tim Burton
Writers
Screenplay
Sam Hamm
Warren Skaaren
Story
Sam Hamm
Based on
Characters appearing in magazines published by DC Comics
Batman
Bob Kane
Bill Finger
Cast
Jack Nicholson as Jack Napier/the Joker
Hugo E. Blick as Young Jack Napier
Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne / Batman
Charles Roskilly as Young Bruce Wayne
Kim Basinger as Vicki Vale
Robert Wuhl as Alexander Knox
Pat Hingle as Commissioner Gordon
Billy Dee Williams as Harvey Dent
Michael Gough as Alfred Pennyworth
Jack Palance as Carl Grissom
Jerry Hall as Alicia Hunt
Tracey Walter as Bob the Goon
Lee Wallace as Mayor Borg
William Hootkins as Lt. Max Eckhardt
David Baxt as Thomas Wayne
Sharon Holm as Martha Wayne
Garrick Hagon as Tourist Dad
Liza Ross as Tourist Mom
Adrian Meyers as Tourist Son
