By Whose Hand?
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.
Cast
Helene Millard
Mrs. Leonard - Widow (uncredited)
Lorin Raker
Bridegroom (uncredited)
Billy Bletcher
Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Buddy Roosevelt
Charles - Chambers' Chauffeur (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Matty Roubert
Second Newsboy (uncredited)
Barbara Weeks
Alice Murray
Ethel Kenyon
Eileen Ayensworth
Nat Pendleton
'Killer' Delmar
Tom Dugan
Drunk
Kit Guard
Trainman (uncredited)
William Halligan
Detective (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Ticket Agent (uncredited)
Oscar Smith
Pullman Porter (uncredited)
Ben Lyon
Jimmy Hawley
Kenneth Thomson
Chambers
William V. Mong
Graham
Dwight Frye
Chick Lewis
Polly Walters
Blonde Cigar Stand Attendant (uncredited)
Florence Wix
Outraged Woman in Phone Booth (uncredited)
Dolores Ray
Bride (as Dolores Rey)
DeWitt Jennings
City Editor (uncredited)
Eddie Kane
Eileen's Accomplice (uncredited)
Martha Mattox
Spinster Train Passenger (uncredited)
Tom McGuire
Train Conductor (uncredited)