Rent Death at Broadcasting House (1934)
3.1 of 5 from 57 ratings
1h 9min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- When an actor is murdered during the recording of a radio play, Detective Inspector Gregory (Ian Hunter) quickly discovers that the victim had many enemies enemies amongst his fellow players. When his deductions lead him nowhere he decides to reconstruct the crime with the full help of Broadcasting House, hoping that this tried and tested strategy will lead him to the killer.
- Actors:
- Ian Hunter, Austin Trevor, Lilian Oldland, Henry Kendall, Val Gielgud, Peter Haddon, Betty Ann Davies, Jack Hawkins, Donald Wolfit, Robert Rendel, Gordon McLeod, Hannen Swaffer, Vernon Bartlett, Eric Dunstan, Gillie Potter, Elisabeth Welch, Eve Becke, Gershom Parkington, Percival Mackey, Ivor Barnard
- Directors:
- Reginald Denham
- Producers:
- Hugh Perceval
- Writers:
- Basil Mason, Val Gielgud, Eric Maschwitz
- Aka:
- Death at a Broadcast
- Studio:
- Network
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Thrillers
- Collections:
- A Brief History of Films About Television: Part 1, A Brief History of Film..., Top 10 Titles About the Golden Age of Radio, Top Films
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 05/10/2020
- Run Time:
- 72 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Digital 1.0, English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.37:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- An Image Gallery
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Reviews (1) of Death at Broadcasting House
Doesn't make you pine for the good old days. - Death at Broadcasting House review by CB
Despite being graced by Donald Wolfit, Val Gielgud and Jack Hawkins this is a wooden story badly directed and with acting that is either melodramatically hammy or unbearably stiff. In 1934 radio was still glamourous so the star struck congregated outside Broadcasting House, and I didn't see the denouement coming, but there isn't much else of interest here.
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