By Whose Hand?
6.5
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.
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Cast
27 people
Ben Lyon
Jimmy Hawley
Known for
Hell's Angels
Night Nurse
Barbara Weeks
Alice Murray
Also in
The Violent Years
Hell's Headquarters
Kenneth Thomson
Chambers
Also in
Movie Crazy
White Gold
Ethel Kenyon
Eileen Ayensworth
Also in
Branded
Finn and Hattie
William V. Mong
Graham
Known for
Treasure Island
The Vampire Bat
Dolores Ray
Bride (as Dolores Rey)
Also in
Vanity Street
Nat Pendleton
'Killer' Delmar
Known for
The Thin Man
Manhattan Melodrama
Tom Dugan
Drunk
Known for
To Be or Not to Be
The Ghost Breakers
Dwight Frye
Chick Lewis
Known for
Dracula
Frankenstein
Billy Bletcher
Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Known for
Three Little Pigs
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Kit Guard
Trainman (uncredited)
Known for
The Flying Deuces
William Halligan
Detective (uncredited)
Also in
Moontide
Dick Tracy
Benjamin Stoloff Director · Harry Adler Writer Ted Tetzlaff Cinematographer
United States release July 6, 1932 · Produced in United States · Working title Murder Express
Production
Columbia Pictures
Production
United States
Produced in
Murder Express
Working title
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · July 6, 1932
Theatrical
Australia
September 23, 1932 · Theatrical
Denmark
August 23, 1933 · Theatrical
Portugal
May 13, 1934 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
September 7, 1932 · Theatrical · London release
February 13, 1933 · Theatrical
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