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