By Whose Hand? (1932)

07/06/1932 (US) • 1h 5m

Mystery, Crime

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Ben Lyon

Jimmy Hawley

Barbara Weeks

Alice Murray

Ethel Kenyon

Eileen Ayensworth

Dolores Ray

Bride (as Dolores Rey)

Nat Pendleton

'Killer' Delmar

Dwight Frye

Chick Lewis


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

robbery

slang

prohibition era

san francisco, california

widow

deception

prison escape

revenge

murder

fugitive

b movie

train

stabbing

criminal

police detective

interrogation

held at gunpoint

pre-code

stock footage

racial stereotype

runaway train

telephone box

damsel in distress

spinster

stolen jewelry

1930s

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