By the humble standards of the vintage "B" movie, this is really a wonderful piece of work with fluid direction from action specialist Spencer Gordon Bennett, plus an often amusing, often thrilling action-packed plot laced with clever dialogue and outstanding performances, particularly from principals Bruce Cabot, Judith Allen, H.B. Warner and Sam Hardy – though even minor roles like the blustering mayor (Harry Holman) and the night club comedian (Fuzzy Knight doing his piano specialty act) are solidly cast. Actual fire footage cleverly cut into the movie by ace editor Dwight Caldwell is mighty hard to distinguish from the staged movie material – and this is how it should be! Larry Darmour, the producer of the Mickey McGuire shorts, has outdone himself here with this absolutely first-rate "B" feature.
Review of Night Alarm
