Murder by Television (1935)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1935
Running Times: 60 mins
Length:
Format: 35mm
Colour Format: black and white
Ratio: 1.37:1
Sound: mono

PRODUCTION
Production Company: William M. Pizor presents   Produced by Cameo Pictures Corporation
Copyright: © MCMXXXV by Cameo Pictures, Corp.
Executive Producers: Clifford Sanforth
Associate Producer: Edward M. Spitz
Production Manager: Melville Delay

SCRIPT
Screen Play: Joseph O'Donnell
From Idea Suggested by: Clarence Hennecke, Carl Coolidge

DIRECTION
Directed by: Clifford Sanforth

PHOTOGRAPHY
Photographed by: James Brown Jr, Arthur Reed

EDITING
Edited by: Leslie Wilder

SONGS AND ADDITIONAL MUSIC
Song - Music & Lyrics by: Oliver Wallace

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Direction: Louis Rachmil

MISCELLANEOUS
Technical Supervisor: Henry Spitz
Television Technician: Milton M. Stern

CAST
Bela Lugosi as Arthur Perry
June Collyer as June Houghland
Huntley Gordon as Doctor Scofield
George Meeker as Richard Grayson
Henry Mowbray as Chief of Police Nelson

Charles Hill Mailes (James Houghland)
Claire McDowell (Mrs Houghland)
Hattie McDaniel (Isabella)
Allen Jung (Ah Ling)
Charles K. French
Larry Francis
Henry Hall (Hammond)
William (Billy) Sullivan
William Tooker

James Houghland invents a revolutionary new device which can transmit television signals instantaneously to anywhere in the world. When he refuses to give in to corporate pressure and sell the device to television companies, he turns up murdered in the middle of his very first broadcast. Police Chief Nelson is sent in to investigate.

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Imperial Distributing Corporation
Video Distributor: LS Video; Sinister Cinema; Timeless Video; Video Resources; Video Yesteryear

Un dramma per televisione - Italian title
The Houghland Murder Case

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KEYWORDS

police, television

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009