By Whose Hand?

Duration: 65 min

Release date: 1932-07-06

IMDB

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.

Mystery Crime

By Whose Hand?

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as Jimmy Hawley

as Alice Murray

Kenneth Thomson

Kenneth Thomson

as Eileen Ayensworth

William V. Mong

William V. Mong

as Bride (as Dolores Rey)

as 'Killer' Delmar

as Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited) (unconfirmed)

as Trainman (uncredited)

William Halligan

William Halligan

as Detective (uncredited)

DeWitt Jennings

DeWitt Jennings

as City Editor (uncredited)

as Eileen's Accomplice (uncredited)

as Spinster Train Passenger (uncredited)

as Train Conductor (uncredited)

as Mrs. Leonard - Widow (uncredited)

as Ticket Agent (uncredited)

as Bridegroom (uncredited)

Buddy Roosevelt

Buddy Roosevelt

as Charles - Chambers' Chauffeur (uncredited) (unconfirmed)

as Second Newsboy (uncredited)

as Pullman Porter (uncredited)

as Chick's Mother (uncredited)

as Blonde Cigar Stand Attendant (uncredited)

as Outraged Woman in Phone Booth (uncredited)

as First Newsboy (uncredited)

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Crew arrow_drop_down

Benjamin Stoloff

Benjamin Stoloff

Charles C. Coleman

Charles C. Coleman

Assistant Director

Buddy Roosevelt

Buddy Roosevelt

Isadore Bernstein

Isadore Bernstein

Director of Photography

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