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