Night Alarm

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{{Infobox film

| name = Night Alarm

| image =File:Night Alarm.jpg

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| director = Spencer Gordon Bennet

| producer = Larry Darmour

| writer = Earle Snell (screenplay)
Jack Stanley (story)

| cinematography = James S. Brown Jr.

| editing = Dwight Caldwell

| released = {{Film date|1934|12|11}}

| distributor = Majestic Pictures

| runtime = 64 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

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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.{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/4907|title=Night Alarm|website=afi.com|access-date=2024-02-11}} 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.

Cast

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Soundtrack

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