Murder by Television
A STORY OF A PERFECT CRIME
1935 en 53 minutes
Rating: 4
Plot
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.
Trailer
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
Allen Jung
Ah Ling
Henry Hall
Hammond
Charles K. French
Donald M. Jordan
Larry Francis
Mendoza
Billy Sullivan
Reardon - Watchman (as William 'Billy' Sullivan)
William H. Tooker
Allen (as William Tooker)
Ruth Cherrington
Party Guest (Uncredited)
Wally Dean
Party Guest (uncredited)
Sam Harris
Party Guest (uncredited)
Lew Hicks
Plainclothesman (Uncredited)
Frank Meredith
Plainclothesman (Uncredited)
Dick Rush
Detective (Uncredited)
