Death from a Distance
1935 film by Frank R. Strayer
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Death from a Distance is a 1935 American mystery film starring Russell Hopton and Lola Lane. Lane plays a young reporter who eventually combines forces with a detective played by Hopton to solve a murder-mystery.[1] Directed by Frank R. Strayer, the film was produced by Maury M. Cohen.[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Edward C. Jewell.
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| Directed by | Frank R. Strayer |
| Written by | John W. Krafft |
| Produced by | Maury M. Cohen |
| Starring | Russell Hopton 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 |
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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[3] 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
