Murder by Television (1935)
A STORY OF A PERFECT CRIME
60 min
James 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.
- Release date
- October 1, 1935
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $35,000
Cast
- Bela Lugosi as Dr. Arthur Perry
- Bela Lugosi as Edwin Perry
- June Collyer as June Houghland
- Huntley Gordon as Dr. Henry M. Scofield
- George Meeker as Richard Grayson
- Henry Mowbray as Nelson - Chief of Police
- Charles Hill Mailes as Prof. James Houghland
- Claire McDowell as Mrs. Houghland
- Hattie McDaniel as Isabella - the Cook
- Allen Jung as Ah Ling - the Houseboy
- Charles K. French as Donald M. Jordan
Crew
- Clifford Sanforth · Director
- Joseph O'Donnell · Writer
- Clarence Hennecke · Writer
- Karl R. Coolidge · Writer
- James S. Brown Jr. · Cinematographer
- Arthur Reed · Cinematographer
- Leslie F. Wilder · Editor