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By Whose Hand?
1932, Jul 06
1h 5m
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.
Directed by
Benjamin Stoloff
Written by
Harry Adler
Matty Roubert
Second Newsboy (uncredited)
Ben Lyon
Jimmy Hawley
Ethel Kenyon
Eileen Ayensworth
Kit Guard
Trainman (uncredited)
Kenneth Thomson
Chambers
Tom Dugan
Drunk
Dwight Frye
Chick Lewis
Florence Wix
Outraged Woman in Phone Booth (uncredited)
Barbara Weeks
Alice Murray
Lee Phelps
Ticket Agent (uncredited)
Billy Bletcher
Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Nat Pendleton
'Killer' Delmar
Helene Millard
Mrs. Leonard - Widow (uncredited)
Eddie Kane
Eileen's Accomplice (uncredited)
Tom McGuire
Train Conductor (uncredited)
DeWitt Jennings
City Editor (uncredited)
Lorin Raker
Bridegroom (uncredited)
Buddy Roosevelt
Charles - Chambers' Chauffeur (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Oscar Smith
Pullman Porter (uncredited)
Martha Mattox
Spinster Train Passenger (uncredited)
William V. Mong
Graham
William Halligan
Detective (uncredited)
Polly Walters
Blonde Cigar Stand Attendant (uncredited)
Dolores Ray
Bride (as Dolores Rey)
Emma Tansey
Chick's Mother (uncredited)
Allen Wood
First Newsboy (uncredited)
Dick Rush
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