By Whose Hand? (1932)

  • NR
  • 07/06/1932 (US)
  • Mystery, Crime
  • 1h 5m

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.

Benjamin Stoloff

Director

Harry Adler

Writer

Cast

Ben Lyon's headshot

Ben Lyon

Jimmy Hawley
Barbara Weeks's headshot

Barbara Weeks

Alice Murray
Kenneth Thomson's headshot

Kenneth Thomson

Chambers
Ethel Kenyon's headshot

Ethel Kenyon

Eileen Ayensworth
William V. Mong's headshot

William V. Mong

Graham
Dolores Ray's headshot

Dolores Ray

Bride (as Dolores Rey)
Nat Pendleton's headshot

Nat Pendleton

'Killer' Delmar
Tom Dugan's headshot

Tom Dugan

Drunk

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