Murder by Television
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| Murder by Television | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Clifford Sanforth |
| Written by | Joseph O'Donnell |
| Produced by | Harry Joe Brown |
| Starring | Bela Lugosi June Collyer Huntley Gordon George Meeker |
| Cinematography | James S. Brown Jr. |
| Edited by | Leslie F. Wilder |
| Music by | Oliver Wallace |
Production company | Cameo Pictures Corp. |
| Distributed by | Imperial Distributing Corp. |
Release date |
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Running time | 55 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Murder by Television (1935) is an American mystery film starring Bela Lugosi, June Collyer, and Huntley Gordon. The film is also known as The Houghland Murder Case. The cast also includes Hattie McDaniel.
Plot
James Houghland (Mailes), 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 (Mowbray) to determine who the murderer is from the many suspects present.
Cast
- Bela Lugosi ... dual role as Dr. Arthur Perry and as Edwin Perry
- June Collyer ... June Houghland
- Huntley Gordon ... Dr. Henry M. Scofield (billed as Huntly Gordon)
- George Meeker ... Richard Grayson
- Henry Mowbray ... Chief of Police Milton
- Charles Hill Mailes ... Prof. James Houghland
- Claire McDowell ... Mrs. Houghland
- Hattie McDaniel ... Isabella - the Cook
- Allen Jung ... Ah Ling - the Houseboy (billed as Allan Jung)
- Charles K. French ... Donald M. Jordan
References
External links
- Murder by Television at IMDb
- Murder by Television at the TCM Movie Database
- Murder by Television is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
- Murder by Television at Public Domain Torrents
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