Murder by Television

(1935)

★ 4.2 IMDb · 22 votes

Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Horror, Sci-Fi

Year: 1935

Runtime: 53 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Clifford Sanforth

Cast: Бела Лугоши, Джун Коллье, Huntley Gordon, George Meeker, Чарльз Хилл Майлз, Клэр Макдауэлл, Хэтти Макдэниел, Allen Jung, Henry Hall, Charles K. French

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.