Night Alarm (1934)

Stars: Bruce Cabot, Judith Allen, H.B. Warner
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet

A reporter itching to get off the boring gardening "beat" gets a chance to investigate a series of arson fires. 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!