Death from a Distance
| Death from a Distance | |
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 Lobby card | |
| Directed by | Frank R. Strayer |
| Produced by | Maury M. Cohen |
| Written by | John W. Krafft |
| Starring | See below |
| Music by | Sidney Cutner |
| Cinematography | M.A. Anderson |
| Edited by | Roland D. Reed |
Release dates |
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Running time | 68 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Death from a Distance is a 1935 American film directed by Frank R. Strayer.
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 member 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
External links
- "Happy Birthday, TV" Variety, July 1, 2011 http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118039380
- Death from a Distance at the Internet Movie Database
- Death from a Distance is available for free download at the Internet Archive
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