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