By Whose Hand? (1932)
65 min
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.
- Release date
- July 6, 1932
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Ben Lyon as Jimmy Hawley
- Barbara Weeks as Alice Murray
- Kenneth Thomson as Chambers
- Ethel Kenyon as Eileen Ayensworth
- William V. Mong as J. W. Martin
- Dolores Ray as Bride
- Nat Pendleton as Killer Delmar.
- Tom Dugan as Drunk
- Dwight Frye as Chick Lewis
- Billy Bletcher as Police Radio Dispatcher
- Billy Bletcher as Police Radio Dispatcher
Crew
- Benjamin Stoloff · Director
- Harry Adler · Writer
- Ted Tetzlaff · Cinematographer
- Maurice Wright · Editor