Murder by Television

October. 01,1935      
Rating:
4.1
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Bela Lugosi as  Arthur Perry
June Collyer as  June Houghland
Huntley Gordon as  Dr. Henry M. Scofield
George Meeker as  Police Chief Nelson
Charles Hill Mailes as  James Houghland
Claire McDowell as  Mrs. Houghland
Hattie McDaniel as  Isabella
Henry Hall as  Hammond
Charles K. French as  Donald M. Jordan
Billy Sullivan as  Reardon - Watchman (as William 'Billy' Sullivan)

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