Death from a Distance

Jul 3, 1935

1h 8m

★ 4.8

Overview

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.

Genres

Mystery

Thriller

Production Companies

Chesterfield Motion Pictures Corporation (I)

Invincible Pictures Corp.

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Cast

Det. Lt. Ted Mallory

Russell Hopton

Kay Palmer

Lola Lane

Jim Gray

George F. Marion

Prof. Trowbridge

John St. Polis

Prof. Ernst Einfeld

Lee Kohlmar

Det. Regan

Lew Kelly

District Attorney

E.H. Calvert

Wheeler Oakman

Robert Frazier

Cornelius Keefe

John Davidson

John Dilson

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