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Death from a Distance

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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.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1935-07-03

Runtime: 68 mins

Director: Frank R. Strayer

Spoken language: English

Genres: Mystery, Thriller

Original title: Death from a Distance

Production Companies: Chesterfield Motion Pictures Corporation (I), Invincible Pictures Corp.

Production Countries: United States of America

Reviews

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Geronimo1967
A visiting lecturer (Lee Kohlmar) is speaking in a pitch-black planetarium when a gunshot causes mayhem and the body of "Dr Stone" is found slumped in a seat. Local cop Russell Hopton and journalist Lola Lane vie to discover the culprit. Unfortunately the print I saw very recently was poor, the lighting all over the place (though the sound was a damn sight better than many virtually inaudible dramas produced today!) but that didn't detract from this enthralling little murder mystery that keeps you guessing - partly because there appear to be so many suspects - right to the end of the 70 minutes.
2022-06-19

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