
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.... (Full plot summary below)
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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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| User ReviewAndy FDreadful post Dracula star vehicle for Bela Lugosi. Unengaging and little to hold interest. The one star is for Lugosi and particularly his closing lines which are majestically delivered. |
| User ReviewAj VEveryone at a 1935 party seems to have a scientific marvel that even today's world has not seen. Inventions like wireless TV that doesn't need wires or cameras or anything, a brain scanner that can tell a man's potential for murder and of course a F-ing DEATH RAY. And just to make it more dumbfounded a SECOND Bela Lugosi shows up at the party equipped with the same undecipherable accent. GAH |