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1935 film by Frank R. Strayer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 |
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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.
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.
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