James Houghland, inventor of a new method by which television signals can be instantaneously sent anywhere in the world, refuses to sell the process to television companies, who then send agents to acquire the invention any way they can. On the night of his initial broadcast Houghland is mysteriously murdered in the middle of his demonstration and it falls to Police Chief Nelson to determine who the murderer is from the many suspects present.
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Bela Lugosi | Dr. Arthur Perry |
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June Collyer | June Houghland |
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Huntley Gordon | Dr. Henry M. Scofield |
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George Meeker | Richard Grayson |
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Henry Mowbray | Nelson - Chief of Police |
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Charles Hill Mailes | Prof. James Houghland |
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Claire McDowell | Mrs. Houghland |
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Hattie McDaniel | Isabella - the Cook |
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Allen Jung | Ah Ling - the Houseboy |
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Charles K. French | Donald M. Jordan |
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Larry Francis | Mendoza |
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Henry Hall | Hammond |
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Billy Sullivan | Reardon - Watchman |
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William H. Tooker | Allen |
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Ruth Cherrington | Party Guest |
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Wally Dean | Party Guest |
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Sam Harris | Party Guest |
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Lew Hicks | Plainclothesman |
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Frank Meredith | Plainclothesman |
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Dick Rush | Detective |
Director | Clifford Sanforth |
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Writer | Joseph O'Donnell, Clarence Hennecke, Karl R. Coolidge | |
Producer | William M. Pizor, Clifford Sanforth, Edward M. Spitz | |
Musician | Oliver Wallace | |
Photography | James S. Brown Jr., Arthur Reed |