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.

Night Alarm
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 (1934-12-11)
Running time	64 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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.

Cast

• 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

External links

• Night Alarm at IMDb
• Night Alarm is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive