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Murder by Television

36 %|Oct 1, 1935|Thriller, Mystery, Horror, Science Fiction

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.

Featured Crew

Joseph O'Donnell
Screenplay
Clifford Sanforth
Executive Producer
Leslie F. Wilder
Editor
Arthur Reed
Director of Photography
James S. Brown Jr.
Director of Photography
Clifford Sanforth
Director
Edward M. Spitz
Associate Producer

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Cast

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Bela Lugosi
Arthur Perry
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June Collyer
June Houghland
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Huntley Gordon
Dr. Henry M. Scofield
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George Meeker
Police Chief Nelson
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Charles Hill Mailes
James Houghland
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Claire McDowell
Mrs. Houghland
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Allen Jung
Ah Ling
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Henry Hall
Hammond
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Charles K. French
Donald M. Jordan
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Billy Sullivan
Reardon - Watchman (as William 'Billy' Sullivan)
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William H. Tooker
Allen (as William Tooker)
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Ruth Cherrington
Party Guest (Uncredited)
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Wally Dean
Party Guest (uncredited)
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Sam Harris
Party Guest (uncredited)
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Lew Hicks
Plainclothesman (Uncredited)
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Frank Meredith
Plainclothesman (Uncredited)
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Dick Rush
Detective (Uncredited)