I got this movie as part of science fiction set. It is not science fiction but that is not the fault of the film. There are two old time stand by actors in this one. They do a decent job of acting. A studio is facing failure with the advent of the new technology, television. There is the inventor who has invented a unique set of video equipment and he gets a surprising backer in a collection agent. They get hooked up with two women who are entrepreneurs of dubious nature but they actually fund his development of his gear. There is the bad guy who is so typical for this time. Sharp faced, cheesy mustache, hard attitude that includes murder. This bad guy is out to get a lucrative television equipment contract from the studio so he has a studio exec who is his accomplice divert the display of the equipment, then by trickery they bust the CRT and the demonstration fails. All is not lost as the women come to the rescue and pay for the part, he fixes his gear, fools the company board to meet, and televises to the board from his apartment. This broadcast includes a fight scene between the inventor and two crooks. There is a running pursuit that ends up with the bad guys arrested, the good guys are vindicated, and the studio is saved.
Review of Trapped by Television
