DEATH FROM A DISTANCE (1935) Russell Hopton, Lola Lane & George F. Marion | Mystery, Thriller | B&W

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.

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.

SYNOPSIS
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 & CREW
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

Directed by Frank R. Strayer
Written by John W. Krafft
Produced by Maury M. Cohen
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
Running time 68 minutes
Country United States
Language English