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Who's who in The Dark Knight Rises - On 27 July, South Africans will finally be able to see the final film in Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy. Old, dependable characters return, plus some new exciting faces. Our breakdown of the cast of characters. (Photos: © DC Comics)
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Bruce Wayne/Batman - Christian Bale returns as the caped crusader, out to rid Gotham City of corruption and evil.
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Commissioner Jim Gordon - Gary Oldman returns as Batman's ally within the Gotham police force. But in The Dark Knight Rises they come up against a force neither of them are adequately prepared for.
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Bane - Tom Hardy is the new baddie in Gotham. With his massively muscled build, super strength and mysterious mask, his aim to spread anarchy puts the city on a knife's edge.
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Selina Kyle/Catwoman - Anna Hathaway plays perhaps the most exciting new character in the movie, a sexy and acrobatic cat burglar who is drawn into Gotham - and Batman's - war against Bane.
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Lucius Fox - Morgan Freeman plays the man behind Batman's impressive hi-tech toys.
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Alfred - A broken down Bruce is nursed back to health by his trusty friend and butler Alfred, who has worked for the Wayne family since before Bruce's birth.
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John Blake - Christopher Nolan recruited much of the cast of Inception to join The Dark Knight Rises. Joseph Gordon-Levitt gets another chance to show off his action hero credentials as a faithful Gotham cop.
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Miranda Tate - Marion Cotillard, another of Nolan's Inception stars, plays an environmentally conscious executive on the Wayne Industries board - and could she be the woman to help Bruce get over the death of Rachel Dawes?
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Batman takes to the streets of Gotham for the first time in eight years on his Batcycle.
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Bane uses an image of former Gotham district attorney Harvey Dent to mobilise the people of the city.
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Bane and Batman go hand-to-hand in an epic battle on the choatic streets of Gotham.
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The first image that showed Anne Hathaway as Catwoman, astride Batman's batcycle.
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One of the very first images that teased The Dark Knight Rises introduced fans to the intimidating figure of Bane.
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When we first see Bruce Wayne in the movie, he has left behind his Batman persona for 8 years and lives as a recluse in his mansion.
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A familiar figure looms large over his city.
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Tom Hardy sculpted an impressive - and imposing - physique to portray a man who is more powerful than Batman.
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Selina Kyle's demons come to bear as she gets involved with the wrong people in her aim to right the wrongs of her past.
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A scene from Warner Bros Pictures and Legendary Pictures action thriller THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, a Warner Bros. Pictures release. TM & © DC Comics.
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Bane and Batman finally meet in the sewers of Gotham.
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