By Whose Hand?

Jul 6, 1932

1h 5m

★ 6.0

Overview

On the night express train from Los Angeles to San Francisco everyone’s a suspect when a jewelry magnate is found stabbed to death and an escaped killer is feared on board. It’s up to newspaper reporter Jimmy Hawley (Ben Lyon) to unravel the secrets of the motley group of passengers and find the killer before he strikes again in this tense and atmospheric whodunit.

Genres

Mystery

Crime

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

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Cast

Jimmy Hawley

Ben Lyon

Alice Murray

Barbara Weeks

Chambers

Kenneth Thomson

Eileen Ayensworth

Ethel Kenyon

Graham

William V. Mong

Bride (as Dolores Rey)

Dolores Ray

'Killer' Delmar

Nat Pendleton

Drunk

Tom Dugan

Chick Lewis

Dwight Frye

Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited) (unconfirmed)

Billy Bletcher

Trainman (uncredited)

Kit Guard

Detective (uncredited)

William Halligan

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