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4.1/10   226 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Clarence Hennecke (idea) and
Karl R. Coolidge (idea) ...
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Release Date:
1 October 1935 (USA) more
Tagline:
An IMPERIAL-CAMEO PRODUCTION (original poster) more
Plot:
James Houghland, inventor of a new method by which television signals can be instantaneously sent anywhere in the world... more | add synopsis
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There Are Some Things That Are Best Left Alone more (20 total)

Cast

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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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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Houghland Murder Case (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
USA:53 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
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Certification:
USA:Approved | USA:Passed (National Board of Review)
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Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Continuity: When Isabella (the Cook) finds the body at the top of the stairs, she simply disappears into thin air. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Hammond: Have you been holding that wire to the coast open?
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Rumble Fish (1983) more
Soundtrack:
I Had the Right Idea more

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8 out of 12 people found the following comment useful.
There Are Some Things That Are Best Left Alone, 5 April 2005
1/10

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.

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