Death from a Distance (1935)

48% User Rating

1h 8min

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.

Frank R. StrayerDirector

Cast

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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

Robert Frazier

Cornelius Keefe

John Davidson

John Dilson

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CinemaSerf

Rating 50%

June 19, 2022

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.