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