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.

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