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Night Alarm
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;
Running time	64 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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.^[1] The film, which was a hit in movie theatres at the time, is now widely available in the public domain.

Plot summary edit

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.