Murder by Television

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Audience Member You know how bad people wanted television in 1935? When an inventor comes up with a way of sending signals from anywhere, he's murdered — for television more than by it — and we're into this detective caper directed by Clifford Sanforth and written by Joseph O'Donnell who mainly worked on cowboy films. This movie is 54 minutes long — it feels way longer and nothing happens until the last ten minutes of the movie — which is the length that all movies should be. It was originally called The Houghland Murder Case. It's a bit too talky and not the best mystery ever, but it's worth watching just to see Bela Lugosi play a good and evil twin. Keep an eye out for Hattie McDaniel playing a cook a year before she won an Oscar for Gone With the Wind. There's a line that claims that television "will make of this Earth a paradise." What shows would that be? Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review andy f Dreadful post Dracula star vehicle for Bela Lugosi. Unengaging and little to hold interest. The one star is for Lugosi and particularly his closing lines which are majestically delivered. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Although the way the murder is committed is interesting, the rest of the movie isn't. It's short and gets to the end quick. Plus, it makes some silly plot twists. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Everyone at a 1935 party seems to have a scientific marvel that even today's world has not seen. Inventions like wireless TV that doesn't need wires or cameras or anything, a brain scanner that can tell a man's potential for murder and of course a F-ing DEATH RAY. And just to make it more dumbfounded a SECOND Bela Lugosi shows up at the party equipped with the same undecipherable accent. GAH Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member A death ray? Really? Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member From a historical standpoint it?s a fascinating curio, as a story however, it is lacking. Very low budget, fair acting but it did hold my interest. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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