Murder by Television

Murder by Television
Film poster for Murder by Television
Directed by	Clifford Sanforth
Produced by	Harry Joe Brown
Written by	Joseph O'Donnell
Starring	Bela Lugosi June Collyer Huntley Gordon George Meeker
Music by	Oliver Wallace
Cinematography	James S. Brown Jr.
Editing by	Leslie F. Wilder
Studio	Cameo Pictures Corp.
Distributed by	Imperial Distributing Corp.
Release date(s)	October 1, 1935
Running time	55 min
Country	United States
Language	English

Murder by Television (1935) is an American mystery film starring Bela Lugosi, June Collyer, and Huntley Gordon. The film is also known as The Houghland Murder Case. The cast also includes Hattie McDaniel.^[1]

Plot

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.

References

1. ^ IMDB entry

External links

• Murder by Television at the Internet Movie Database
• Murder by Television is available for free download at the Internet Archive [more]
• Murder by Television at Public Domain Torrents