Arson for Hire
Released: March 1, 1959Runtime: 67 min
Johnny Broderick, arson squad investigator, and his assistant, Ben Howard,, investigate a warehouse fire and find evidence of arson. Lawyer William Yarbo is behind the series of incendiary fires that have been plaguing the city. Keely Hariss, an actress, inherited the warehouse from her father. Yabro calls on her and says that he and her father had heavily insured the building and planned to burn it and collect, and also tells her she must accept half of the insurance money or he will see that she is blamed for the arson. "Pop" Bergen, the father of Marily Bergen, is the torch man hired by Yarbo, and he perishes in one of the conflagrations. Yarbo learns that Keely is cooperating with Broderick and he enters the movie studio where she is working, determined to kill her. Written By Les Adams
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Steve Brodie
as Arson Squad Insp. John 'Johnny' Broderick
Lyn Thomas
as Keely Harris
Tom Hubbard
as Ben Howard
Frank J Scannell
as Pop Bergen
Antony Carbone
as Foxy Gilbert
John Frederick
as Clete--Photographer
Jason Johnson
as William Yarbo
Robert Riordan
as Fire Chief Boswell
Wendy Wilde
as Marilyn 'Marilee' Bergen
Walter Reed
as Chief Hollister
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