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Murder by Television (1935)
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1 October 1935 (USA)
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An IMPERIAL-CAMEO PRODUCTION (original poster) more
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James Houghland, inventor of a new method by which television signals can be instantaneously sent anywhere in the world...
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Television
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Murder
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Foreign Agent
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There Are Some Things That Are Best Left Alone
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Bela Lugosi | ... | Arthur Perry |
 | June Collyer | ... | June Houghland |
| Huntley Gordon | ... | Dr. Henry M. Scofield (as Huntly Gordon) |
| George Meeker | ... | Richard Grayson |
| Henry Mowbray | ... | Chief of Police Nelson |
| Charles Hill Mailes | ... | James Houghland |
| Claire McDowell | ... | Mrs. Houghland |
 | Hattie McDaniel | ... | Isabella - the Cook |
| Allen Jung | ... | Ah Ling - the Houseboy (as Allan Jung) |
| Charles K. French | ... | Donald M. Jordan |
| Larry Francis | ... | Mendoza |
| Henry Hall | ... | Hammond |
| Billy Sullivan | ... | Watchman (as William 'Billy' Sullivan) |
| William H. Tooker | ... | Allen (as William Tooker) |
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The Houghland Murder Case (USA) (working title)
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USA:53 min
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USA:Passed (National Board of Review)
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Continuity: When Isabella (the Cook) finds the body at the top of the stairs, she simply disappears into thin air.
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Featured in Rumble Fish (1983)
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I Had the Right Idea
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This movie is just bad beyond belief. The acting is horrid, while the cast is simply reciting lines with little feeling. I do wonder where they got these people. The actors just chop up the dialog like a salad. The television idea is just that, with no real sense of development in a hopeless, lifeless plot. The lack of a music track in 1935 is not uncommon, but some sort of musical score was really needed in a suspense movie of this type. I had wanted to see his movie for years. Now I can honestly say I am sorry did. As many a horror movie philosopher has said, somewhere in the middle of an endlessly dark night, "There are some things that are best left alone." This movie, sadly, is one of them. May it rest in peace.