Night Alarm

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Night Alarm
Directed bySpencer Gordon Bennet
Written by (screenplay)
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Produced byLarry Darmour
CinematographyJames S. Brown Jr.
Edited byDwight Caldwell
Distributed byMajestic Pictures
Release date
  • December 11, 1934 (1934-12-11)
Running time
64 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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 summary[]

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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