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Murder by Television
1935, Oct 01
0h 53m
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.
Directed by
Clifford Sanforth
Bela Lugosi
Arthur Perry
Hattie McDaniel
Isabella
Charles Hill Mailes
James Houghland
George Meeker
Police Chief Nelson
Claire McDowell
Mrs. Houghland
Huntley Gordon
Dr. Henry M. Scofield
Henry Hall
Hammond
Ruth Cherrington
Party Guest (Uncredited)
June Collyer
June Houghland
Charles K. French
Donald M. Jordan
William H. Tooker
Allen (as William Tooker)
Billy Sullivan
Reardon - Watchman (as William 'Billy' Sullivan)
Allen Jung
Ah Ling
Larry Francis
Mendoza
Wally Dean
Party Guest (uncredited)
Sam Harris
Party Guest (uncredited)
Lew Hicks
Plainclothesman (Uncredited)
Frank Meredith
Plainclothesman (Uncredited)
Dick Rush
Detective (Uncredited)
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