Murder by Television
4.2
“A STORY OF A PERFECT CRIME”
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.
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Cast
19 people
Bela Lugosi
Arthur Perry
Known for
Dracula
White Zombie
June Collyer
June Houghland
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Huntley Gordon
Dr. Henry M. Scofield
Also in
Mr. Wong in Chinatown
Midnight Warning
George Meeker
Police Chief Nelson
Known for
The Roaring Twenties
High Sierra
Charles Hill Mailes
James Houghland
Known for
The Mark of Zorro
Claire McDowell
Mrs. Houghland
Known for
The Big Parade
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Hattie McDaniel
Isabella
Known for
Gone with the Wind
Song of the South
Allen Jung
Ah Ling
Known for
The Party
Henry Hall
Hammond
Known for
Our Daily Bread
Charles K. French
Donald M. Jordan
Known for
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
Larry Francis
Mendoza
Billy Sullivan
Reardon - Watchman (as William 'Billy' Sullivan)
Also in
Daring Deeds
The Heart Of A Coward
Clifford Sanforth Director · Joseph O'Donnell Screenplay James S. Brown Jr. Cinematographer
Budget $35K · United States release October 1, 1935 · Produced in United States
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Budget
$35,000
Production
Cameo Pictures
Production
United States
Produced in
The Houghland Murder Case
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · October 1, 1935
Theatrical
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