Larceny on the Air
1937 film by Irving Pichel
- January 11, 1937 (1937-01-11)
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Larceny on the Air is a 1937 American thriller film directed by Irving Pichel and starring Robert Livingston, Grace Bradley and Willard Robertson. It was produced and distributed by Republic Pictures.
Plot summary
Dr. Lawrence Baxter runs a medical-themed radio show and frequently denounces the phony radium-based "medicine" being sold by Ronald Kennedy. After one of his patients is kidnapped by Kennedy's thugs, Baxter teams up with the police, and pretends to join Kennedy's business to gain evidence of criminal activity.
Cast
- Robert Livingston as Dr. Lawrence Baxter
- Grace Bradley as Jean Sterling
- Willard Robertson as Inspector "Mac" McDonald
- Pierre Watkin as Kennedy
- Smiley Burnette as Jimmy
- Granville Bates as Prof. Rexford Sterling
- William Newell as Andrews
- Byron Foulger as Pete Andorka
- Wilbur Mack as F. J. Thompson
- Matty Fain as Burke
- Josephine Whittell as Nurse Nelson
- Charles Timblin as Swain
- Gonzalo Meroño as Richard Steward
- Billy Griffith as Kellogg
- William Hopper as Announcer
- Frank Du Frane as Golden
- Florence Gill as Spinster
Soundtrack
External links
- Larceny on the Air at IMDb
- Larceny on the Air is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
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Films directed by Irving Pichel
- The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
- Before Dawn (1933)
- She (1935)
- The Gentleman from Louisiana (1936)
- Beware of Ladies (1936)
- Larceny on the Air (1937)
- The Sheik Steps Out (1937)
- The Duke Comes Back (1937)
- The Great Commandment (1939)
- The Man I Married (1940)
- Earthbound (1940)
- Hudson's Bay (1941)
- Dance Hall (1941)
- Secret Agent of Japan (1942)
- The Pied Piper (1942)
- Life Begins at Eight-Thirty (1942)
- The Moon Is Down (1943)
- Happy Land (1943)
- And Now Tomorrow (1944)
- A Medal for Benny (1945)
- Tomorrow Is Forever (1946)
- Colonel Effingham's Raid (1946)
- The Bride Wore Boots (1946)
- O.S.S. (1946)
- Temptation (1946)
- They Won't Believe Me (1947)
- Something in the Wind (1947)
- The Miracle of the Bells (1948)
- Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948)
- Without Honor (1949)
- The Great Rupert (1950)
- Quicksand (1950)
- Destination Moon (1950)
- Santa Fe (1951)
- Martin Luther (1953)
- Day of Triumph (1954)
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