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Danger on the Air

Danger on the Airis a 1938 Americanmystery filmdirected byOtis Garrett.The film was based on the novelDeath Catches Up with Mr. Kluckby author Xanthippe.

Danger on the Air
Directed byOtis Garrett
Screenplay by
Based onDeath Catches Up with Mr. Kluck
by Xantippe
Produced byIrving Starr
Starring
CinematographyStanley Cortez[1]
Edited byMaurice Wright[1]
Production
companies
Crime Club Productions, Inc.[1]
Distributed byUniversal Pictures Co.
Release date
  • July 1, 1938(1938-07-01)
CountryUnited States[1]

Plot

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Christina "Steenie" MacCorkle, a radio advertising executive, is suspected of murdering her client as Caesar Kluck, a soda magnate.

Loathed by all who met him, or forced to work, with his underhanded business machinations, the victims, and suspects, start piling up. Including gangster Joe Carney and janitor Tony Lisotti, who is trying to protect his daughter, Maria Lisotti, from being another notch on Kluck's belt, and Harry Lake, who is desperate to get on the air, seemingly at any cost.

Cast

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Production

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Danger on the Airwas based onThe Crime ClubnovelDeath Catches Up with Mr. Kluckby Xantippe.[2]Production on the film began in mid May 1938.[1]

Release

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Danger on the Airwas released on July 1, 1938 byUniversal Studios.[1][2]

Reception

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From retrospective reviews, the authors ofUniversal Horrorsdeclared the film to be "One of the betterCrime Clubentries "noting that"Nan Greycontributes a particularly ingratiating performance. "[2]

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Footnotes

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  1. ^abcdefg"Danger on the Air".American Film Institute.RetrievedMay 15,2020.
  2. ^abcWeaver, Brunas & Brunas 2007,p. 567.

Sources

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  • Weaver, Tom; Brunas, Michael; Brunas, John (2007) [1990].Universal Horrors(2 ed.). McFarland & Company.ISBN978-0-7864-2974-5.
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