Murder by Television
1935 · 53 min
Thriller · Mystery · Horror · Science Fiction
★ 4.2James Houghland, inventor of a new method by which television signals can be instantaneously sent anywhere in the world, refuses to sell the process to television companies, who then send agents to acquire the invention any way they can. On the night of his initial broadcast Houghland is mysteriously murdered in the middle of his demonstration and it falls to Police Chief Nelson to determine who the murderer is from the many suspects present.
Crew
- Director Clifford Sanforth
- Screenplay Joseph O'Donnell
- Director of Photography Arthur Reed
- Director of Photography James S. Brown Jr.
Cast
Bela Lugosi
Arthur Perry
June Collyer
June Houghland
Huntley Gordon
Dr. Henry M. Scofield
George Meeker
Police Chief Nelson
Charles Hill Mailes
James Houghland
Claire McDowell
Mrs. Houghland
Hattie McDaniel
Isabella
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Allen Jung
Ah Ling
Henry Hall
Hammond
Charles K. French
Donald M. Jordan
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Larry Francis
Mendoza
Billy Sullivan
Reardon - Watchman (as William 'Billy' Sullivan)
Crew
- Director — Clifford Sanforth
- Screenplay — Joseph O'Donnell
- Director of Photography — Arthur Reed
- Director of Photography — James S. Brown Jr.
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