Night Alarm
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.
Plot
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.
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More details
author | Earle Snell Jack Stanley |
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director | Spencer Gordon Bennet |
editor | Dwight Caldwell |
genre | drama |
keywords | bore garden police chief political corruption |
producer | Larry Darmour |
publisher | Majestic Pictures |
theme | romantic drama |