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