NIGHT ALARM (1934) Bruce Cabot, Judith Allen & H.B. Warner | Drama, Romance | B&W

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.

SYNOPSIS
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. Complications ensue when the girl assigned to help him turns out to be the businessman's daughter.

CAST & CREW
Bruce Cabot as Hal Ashby
Judith Allen as Helen Smith, posing as Mrs. Van Dusen
H.B. Warner as Henry B. Smith
Sam Hardy as Editor Stephen Caldwell
Harry Holman as Mayor Wilson
John Bleifer as Dr. Alexander Dexter
Tom Hanlon as Vincent Van Dusen
Betty Blythe as Elizabeth Van Dusen
Fuzzy Knight as Dinner Club Comedian

Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet
Written by Earle Snell (screenplay), Jack Stanley (story)
Produced by Larry Darmour
Cinematography James S. Brown Jr.
Edited by Dwight Caldwell
Distributed by Majestic Pictures
Release date December 11, 1934
Running time 64 minutes
Country United States
Language English

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