LARCENY ON THE AIR (1937) Robert Livingston & Grace Bradley | Action, Crime, Drama | B&W

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.

SYNOPSIS
A young doctor, shocked at the profusion of quack doctors dispensing pseudo-medical advice on the radio and selling worthless "cures", determines to drive them off the air, and sets his sights on one particularly well-known "doctor", who has an army of attorneys protecting him.

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 & CREW
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

Directed by Irving Pichel
Written by Richard English, Endre Bohem
Produced by Nat Levine, Sol C. Siegel
Cinematography Jack A. Marta
Edited by Edward Mann
Music by Harry Grey
Production company Republic Pictures
Distributed by Republic Pictures
Release date January 11, 1937
Running time 67 minutes
Country United States
Language English