1935
3.7 (17 votes)
0h 53m
Genres
Thriller
Mystery
Horror
Science Fiction
Production Companies
Cameo Pictures
Murder by Television
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.
Key Crew
Screenplay: Joseph O'Donnell
Director of Photography: Arthur Reed, James S. Brown Jr.
Director: Clifford Sanforth
Top 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
