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