Night Alarm (1934)
Greater in Theme-Drama and Spectacular Production Than All Other Fire Thrilles Combined!
A reporter itching to get off the boring gardening "beat" gets a chance to investigate a series of arson fires that have been plaguing the city. He believes the fires are tied into a web of political corruption involving a wealthy businessman, the mayor and the police chief. Complicatins ensue when the girl assigned to help him turns out to be the businessman's daughter.
- Date of release
- 1934-12-10
- TMDB
- 5.4 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 1h 4m
- Genres
- Romance, Mystery, Crime
- Director
- Spencer Gordon Bennet
Casting
- Bruce Cabot — Hal Ashby
- Judith Allen — Helen Smith
- H.B. Warner — Henry B. Smith
- Sam Hardy — Editor Stephen Caldwell
- Betty Blythe — Mrs. Elizabeth Van Dusen
- Tom Hanlon — Vincent Van Dusen
- Harry Holman — Mayor Wilson
- Harold Minjir — Mosley
- John Bleifer — Dr. Alexander Dexter
- Fuzzy Knight — Dinner Club Comedian
Interesting facts
Night Alarm is a 1934 American drama film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and starring Bruce Cabot as a down-on-his-luck reporter, Hal Ashby, who tries to make a name for himself by investigating a series of bizarre arson attacks. The film, which was a hit in movie theatres at the time, is now widely available in the public domain.
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