Jul 03, 1935
68 min
Full-HD

Death from a Distance (1935)

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.

Category

Mystery Thriller

Country

United States of America

Companies

Chesterfield Motion Pictures Corporation (I) Invincible Pictures Corp.

Russell Hopton

Det. Lt. Ted Mallory

Lola Lane

Kay Palmer

George F. Marion

Jim Gray

John St. Polis

Prof. Trowbridge

Lee Kohlmar

Prof. Ernst Einfeld

Lew Kelly

Det. Regan

E.H. Calvert

District Attorney

Wheeler Oakman

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