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 eager to move on from the dull gardening beat gets the opportunity to investigate a string of arson fires troubling 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
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