By Whose Hand?

By Whose Hand?

1932/07/06 • Released • English

Mystery
Crime
6.0
1h 5m

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.

Director : Benjamin Stoloff

Casts
Ben Lyon

Ben Lyon

Jimmy Hawley

Barbara Weeks

Barbara Weeks

Alice Murray

Kenneth Thomson

Kenneth Thomson

Chambers

Ethel Kenyon

Ethel Kenyon

Eileen Ayensworth

William V. Mong

William V. Mong

Graham

Dolores Ray

Bride (as Dolores Rey)

Nat Pendleton

Nat Pendleton

'Killer' Delmar

Tom Dugan

Tom Dugan

Drunk

Dwight Frye

Dwight Frye

Chick Lewis

Billy Bletcher

Billy Bletcher

Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited) (unconfirmed)

Kit Guard

Kit Guard

Trainman (uncredited)

William Halligan

William Halligan

Detective (uncredited)

DeWitt Jennings

DeWitt Jennings

City Editor (uncredited)

Eddie Kane

Eddie Kane

Eileen's Accomplice (uncredited)

Martha Mattox

Martha Mattox

Spinster Train Passenger (uncredited)

Tom McGuire

Tom McGuire

Train Conductor (uncredited)

Helene Millard

Helene Millard

Mrs. Leonard - Widow (uncredited)

Lee Phelps

Lee Phelps

Ticket Agent (uncredited)

Lorin Raker

Lorin Raker

Bridegroom (uncredited)

Buddy Roosevelt

Buddy Roosevelt

Charles - Chambers' Chauffeur (uncredited) (unconfirmed)

Matty Roubert

Matty Roubert

Second Newsboy (uncredited)

Oscar Smith

Pullman Porter (uncredited)

Emma Tansey

Chick's Mother (uncredited)

Polly Walters

Polly Walters

Blonde Cigar Stand Attendant (uncredited)

Florence Wix

Florence Wix

Outraged Woman in Phone Booth (uncredited)

Allen Wood

First Newsboy (uncredited)

Dick Rush

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