Death from a Distance

Death from a Distance is a 1935 American mystery film directed by Frank R. Strayer and starring Russell Hopton, Lola Lane and George F. Marion. The film's sets were designed by the art director Edward C. Jewell.

Death from a Distance
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Directed by	Frank R. Strayer
Written by	John W. Krafft
Produced by	Maury M. Cohen
Starring	Russell Hopton br> Lola Lane George F. Marion
Cinematography	M. A. Anderson
Edited by	Roland D. Reed
Music by	Sidney Cutner
Production company	Invincible Pictures
Distributed by	Chesterfield Pictures
Release date	September 17, 1935 (1935-09-17)
Running time	68 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

It was the first feature film broadcast on U.S. commercial television, on July 2, 1941, during the first week of official commercial broadcasts on NBC's New York television station WNBT-TV.

Plot summary

While a distinguished astronomer is giving a lecture in a planetarium, a shot rings out and one of the audience members is found dead. A tough detective and a brassy female reporter lock horns as they both try to break the case.

Cast

• Russell Hopton as Det. Lt. Ted Mallory
• Lola Lane as Kay Palmer
• George F. Marion as Jim Gray
• Lee Kohlmar as Prof. Ernst Einfeld
• John St. Polis as Prof. Trowbridge
• Lew Kelly as Det. Regan
• E.H. Calvert as District Attorney
• Wheeler Oakman as Langsdale, aka George Fremont
• Robert Frazer as Morgan
• Cornelius Keefe as Clay Gorman
• John Davidson as Ahmad Haidru
• John Dilson as Newspaper Editor McConnell
• Herb Vigran as the Police Photographer

External links

• "Happy Birthday, TV" Variety, July 1, 2011 http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118039380
• Death from a Distance at IMDb
• Death from a Distance is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive