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Danger on the Air is a 1938 American mystery film directed by Otis Garrett. The film was based on the novel Death Catches Up with Mr. Kluck by author Xanthippe.

Danger on the Air
Directed by	Otis Garrett
Screenplay by	Betty Laidlaw Robert Lively[1]
Based on	Death Catches Up with Mr. Kluck by Xantippe
Produced by	Irving Starr
Starring	Nan Grey Donald Woods Jed Prouty Berton Churchill William Lundigan
Cinematography	Stanley Cortez[1]
Edited by	Maurice Wright[1]
Production companies	Crime Club Productions, Inc.[1]
Distributed by	Universal Pictures Co.
Release date	July 1, 1938 (1938-07-01)
Country	United States[1]

Plot summary

Nan Grey, as 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 thug, Joe Downing, as Gangster Joe Carney; Lee J. Cobb as Tony Lisotti, trying to protect his daughter, Louise Stanley, as Maria Lisotti, from being another notch on Kluck's belt; and, Peter Lind Hayes, as Harry Lake, who is desperate to get on the air, seemingly at any cost.

Cast

Production

Danger on the Air was based on The Crime Club novel Death Catches Up with Mr. Kluck by Xantippe.[2] Production on the film began in mid May 1938.[1]

Release

Danger on the Air was released on July 1, 1938 by Universal Studios.[1][2]

Reception

From retrospective reviews, the authors of Universal Horrors declared the film to be "One of the better Crime Club entries" noting that "Nan Grey contributes a particularly ingratiating performance."[2]

References

Footnotes

Sources

External links

• Danger on the Air on YouTube
• Danger on the Air at IMDb
• Danger on the Air is available for free download at the Internet Archive

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