Original Title : Murder by Television
Time : 53 Min
Genre : Thriller, Mystery, Horror, Sci-Fi
Project Type : Movie
Year of release : 1935
Director : Clifford Sanforth
Writer : Joseph O'Donnell, Clarence Hennecke, Karl R. Coolidge
Producer : Clifford Sanforth
Project State : completed
Origin Country/Region : United States
Original Language : English
About : 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.