Death from a Distance (1936)
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Eccentric professor Einfeld (Lee Kohlmar) is lecturing a select group of scientists at a darkened planetarium when one of the spectators is shot to death. Homicide detective Ted Mallory (Russell Hopton) can't get a straight story from the witnesses and refuses to allow reporter Kay Palmer (Lola… More Eccentric professor Einfeld (Lee Kohlmar) is lecturing a select group of scientists at a darkened planetarium when one of the spectators is shot to death. Homicide detective Ted Mallory (Russell Hopton) can't get a straight story from the witnesses and refuses to allow reporter Kay Palmer (Lola Lane) to file her story until he can determine the direction from which the murderer fired the shots. Kay manages to phone in her story anyway, putting Mallory on the spot with the DA. Burying the hatchet, Mallory and Kay combine forces to nab the killer and expose his diabolically clever method of firing a gun without being present in the room! Though filmed on a tiny budget, Death from a Distance is an impressively spooky whodunit, benefitting immeasurably from the special-effects expertise of Jack Cosgrove. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Classics, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Sep 17, 1935 Wide
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Cast
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Russell Hopton
as Detective Lt. Ted Mallory
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Lola Lane
as Kay Palmer
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George F. Marion
as Jim Gray
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Lee Kohlmar
as Prof. Ernst Einfeld
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Lew Kelly
as Detective Regan
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Wheeler Oakman
as Langsdale
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Robert W. Frazer
as Morgan
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Cornelius Keefe
as Gorman
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E.H. Calvert
as District Attorney
- Lynton Brent
- Ralph Brooks
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John Dilson
as City Editor McConnell
- Creighton Hale
- Jane Keckley
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Frank LaRue
as Desk Sergeant
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Eric Mayne
as Witness
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Hal Price
as Detective
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John St. Polis
as Prof. Trowbridge
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Herb Vigran
as Photographer
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Charles H. West
as Fingerprint Expert
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John Davidson
as Ahmad Haidru
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Henry Hall
as Medical Examiner
