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By Whose Hand?

(1932)

July 6, 1932 1h 5m
60%
TMDB Score

Overview

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.

Benjamin Stoloff

Director

Top Billed Cast

BL

Ben Lyon

Jimmy Hawley

BW

Barbara Weeks

Alice Murray

KT

Kenneth Thomson

Chambers

EK

Ethel Kenyon

Eileen Ayensworth

WVM

William V. Mong

Graham

DR

Dolores Ray

Bride (as Dolores Rey)

NP

Nat Pendleton

'Killer' Delmar

TD

Tom Dugan

Drunk

DF

Dwight Frye

Chick Lewis

BB

Billy Bletcher

Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited) (unconfirmed)

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