Larceny on the Air

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

1937 films

1930s romantic thriller films

American crime thriller films

American black-and-white films

Republic Pictures films

Films directed by Irving Pichel

Films produced by Nat Levine

1930s crime thriller films

American romantic thriller films

1930s English-language films

1930s American films