Product Details

• Actors: Conrad Nagel, Eleanor Hunt, Vince Barnett, Wheeler Oakman, Nat Carr
• Directors: Louis J. Gasnier
• Format: Black & White, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: A2ZCDS.com
• DVD Release Date: March 21, 2005
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0007UNTAG
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #357,589 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Bank Alarm (1937) [Remastered Edition]" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

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This movie, produced by George Hirliman, has the Conrad Nagel-Eleanor Hunt star pair perform together for the last time in a crime-buster movie. Bank robbers are convinced that they have a foolproof plan and pull off a job. They hadn’t taken into account the perseverance and clever deductions of a tough G- man who is quickly on their trail.

THE PLOT: Federal agents Alan O’Connor and Bobbie Reynolds are on the trail of a gang of clever bank robbers, which includes Karlotti, the owner of an elite club in Los Angeles and Curtis, the head cashier at the 2nd National Bank. Alan’s sister Kate meets conman Tanner on a flight and falls in love with him. Curtis helps in inactivating the alarms making it easy for the gang to walk in and empty the bank’s vaults. It seemed like a cakewalk until they realize that they had made some grave mistakes - leaving behind a trail of clues. Bulbs, a bumbling photographer and friend, provides some comic relief in the tense melodrama. The movie serves as proof of Producer George Hirliman’s uncanny ability to produce quality low-budget thrillers.

Product Description

An investigator tries to find a gang responsible for a rash of bank robberies. What he doesn't know is that his sister is the girlfriend of the gang's ringleader. Written by [e-mail]

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cops And Robbers, July 28, 2006

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jen - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bank Alarm (1937) [Remastered Edition] (DVD)

This is a high end classic cops and robbers movie. The heros are FBI men who are chasing after a string of bank robberies. There is a little bit of comic relief, but for the most part its a straight ahead cops and robbers film that has the ending you would expect. There are some very good looking guys in the movie and I thought all the actors did a good job with their roles. Once again, I was impressed by the quality of the film stock.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well Done Police Procedural, May 5, 2006

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Ejaz - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bank Alarm (1937) [Remastered Edition] (DVD)

This is a classic police procedural with a twist - the two FBI agents are a married couple. This allows the film to introduce an aura of romance that similar films don't have.

The plot is straightforward - there is a group of counterfiters who may or may not also be robbing banks. The couple investigates, follows clues and eventually foils their plot.

There are a number of 1930s films that follow a similar plot outline and I like most of them.

This is no exception.

2.0 out of 5 stars Good print of a forgettable film, September 24, 2011

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Monac (Milwaukee, WI, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bank Alarm (1937) [Remastered Edition] (DVD)

To me, it is surprising that anyone would bother to re-master this movie. Although the result is a print that looks quite first rate, the movie itself is thoroughly forgettable. It is a routine, low-key crime story with bland actors. Even the villains are non-descript. And it is marred with far too much "comedy relief", especially because the theory of comedy here is "idiots are funny". It does not even convey much sense of the time in which it was made. Except for the cars being driven, it might well be a 1950's TV production.

It does have one claim to fame though: it re-unites the team of Louis J. Gasnier, George A. Hirliman, Lawrence Meade, and Sam Diege, who had pooled their mighty talents to create the immortal "Reefer Madness" in 1936! Unfortunately, no trace of the insanity that permeates that production is present in this one.