Murder by Television

IMDb 4.0 1935 • 53 min • ThrillerMysteryHorrorScience Fiction

Director

Clifford Sanforth

Country

US

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Bela Lugosi
Bela Lugosi Arthur Perry
June Collyer
June Collyer June Houghland
Huntley Gordon
Huntley Gordon Dr. Henry M. Scofield
George Meeker
George Meeker Police Chief Nelson
Charles Hill Mailes
Charles Hill Mailes James Houghland