Murder by Television
1935/10/01 • $35,000 • Released • English
A STORY OF A PERFECT CRIME
Overview
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.
Director : Clifford Sanforth
Casts
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
Henry Hall
Hammond
Charles K. French
Donald M. Jordan
Billy Sullivan
Reardon - Watchman (as William 'Billy' Sullivan)
William H. Tooker
Allen (as William Tooker)
Ruth Cherrington
Party Guest (Uncredited)
Recommended
When a Stranger Calls
September 28, 1979
Avatar
December 15, 2009
Dune
September 15, 2021
Spider-Man: No Way Home
December 15, 2021
Interstellar
November 5, 2014
Encanto
October 13, 2021
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
December 7, 2022
Don't Look Up
December 8, 2021
Challengers
April 18, 2024
Joker
October 1, 2019
Midsommar
July 3, 2019
Inside Out
June 17, 2015
Little Women
December 25, 2019
The Tomorrow War
September 3, 2021
Oppenheimer
July 19, 2023
Green Book
November 16, 2018
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
May 31, 2023
Gladiator II
November 13, 2024
Meg 2: The Trench
August 2, 2023
No Time to Die
September 29, 2021