"Death from a distance" is exactly what you expect from an old-fashioned crime movie. It tells the story of a murder in an observatory and how the small circle of suspects are investigated to unmask the true criminal.
It thereby follows a scheme as known from many more or less similar movies. While of course some of the characters are a bit out of time nowadays and some references are hard to overlook, the plot itself is build up in an entertaining way that keeps you guessing. There are several wrong leads woven into the murder investigation and it somehow warmed my heart a bit to see a crime movie that really puts its focus on those investigations and not so much on fast action, as many more modern ones do.
You can see from the mere production year that this is really an old movie. To find it entertaining you need some open-mindedness towards the early days of filmmaking. But if you do so, you hereby get a title that doesn't pretend to be more than it is, a very solid Crime Classic.
It thereby follows a scheme as known from many more or less similar movies. While of course some of the characters are a bit out of time nowadays and some references are hard to overlook, the plot itself is build up in an entertaining way that keeps you guessing. There are several wrong leads woven into the murder investigation and it somehow warmed my heart a bit to see a crime movie that really puts its focus on those investigations and not so much on fast action, as many more modern ones do.
You can see from the mere production year that this is really an old movie. To find it entertaining you need some open-mindedness towards the early days of filmmaking. But if you do so, you hereby get a title that doesn't pretend to be more than it is, a very solid Crime Classic.