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Murder by Television

1935 film directed by Clifford Sanforth
Movie film Q4003799
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Summary

Murder by Television is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (136 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Clifford Sanforth[3]
  • Composer: Oliver Wallace[4]
  • Genre: mystery film[5]
  • Cast member: Bela Lugosi[6], June Collyer[7], Huntley Gordon[8], George Meeker[9], Hattie McDaniel[10]
  • Producer: Harry Joe Brown[11]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[12]
  • Color: black-and-white[13]
  • Country of origin: United States[14]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1935[15]
  • Title: Murder by Television[16]
  • After a work by: Joseph O'Donnell[17]
  • Duration: 53 minutes[18]

Why It Matters

Murder by Television is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

Bela Lugosi film Hattie McDaniel United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 21341
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  2. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    P14449 → 161554
    Producer → Harry Joe Brown
    Publication date → +1935-01-01T00:00:00Z
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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