Danger on the Air

Jun 30, 1938

1h 10m

★ 5.9

A Murder Mystery Chiller-Diller!

Overview

Trouble begins when a hated cad of a sponsor is found murdered during the climax of a live radio show. A radio engineer then tries to solve the murder.

Genres

Mystery

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

Danger on the Air Trailers

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Cast

Christina "Steenie" MacCorkle

Nan Grey

Benjamin Butts

Donald Woods

Harry Jones

Jed Prouty

Caesar Kluck

Berton Churchill

Dave Chapman

William Lundigan

Finney Fish

Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher

Leonard Sylvester

Edward Van Sloan

Tuttle

George Meeker

Alexander MacCorkle

Frank Milan

Tony Lisotti

Lee J. Cobb

Aiken

Johnny Arthur

Harry Lake

Peter Lind Hayes

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