Death at Broadcasting House (1934)
- Starring:
- Ian Hunter, Austin Trevor, (more)
- Director(s):
- Reginald Denham
Synopsis of Death at Broadcasting House
Originally released in 1934 as Death at Broadcasting House, this musty British whodunit was distributed in the US in 1941 to cash in on the Hollywood-engendered popularity of its star, Ian Hunter. Set in a BBC radio studio, the story gets under way when a much-despised airwaves personality is murdered in the middle of a live broadcast. Scotland Yard inspector Gregory (Ian Hunter) shows up to piece together the clues and sift through the suspects. The solution of the mystery hinges on the fact that the victim insisted upon broadcasting in a private room, far removed from his fellow actors. Inspector Gregory provides this solution by coming up with a transcription of the fatal broadcast (this at a time when few radio programs were recorded for posterity). Elements of Death at a Broadcast resurfaced in the 1942 Abbott & Costello comedy Who Done It? ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Death at Broadcasting House
- Ian Hunter - Detective Inspector Gregory
- Mary Newland - Joan Dryden
- Val Gielgud - Julian Caird
- Betty Ann Davies - Poppy Levine
- Donald Wolfit - Sydney Parsons
- Gordon McLeod - Commissioner of Police
- Bruce Lister - Peter Ridgwell
- Eve Becke
- Percival Mackey and His Band
- Percy Rhodes
- Howard Douglas
- Austin Trevor - Leopold Dryden
- Henry Kendall - Rodney Fleming
- Peter Haddon - Guy Bannister
- Jack Hawkins - Herbert Evans
- Robert Rendel - Sir Herbert Farquharson
- Ivor Barnard
- Elisabeth Welch
- Hannen Swaffer
- George de Warfaz
- Vincent Holman
- Director(s):
- Reginald Denham
- Writer(s):
- Holt Marvell, Val Gielgud, Basil Mason
- Producer(s):
- Hugh Perceval
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