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