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By Whose Hand?

1932
Directed byBenjamin Stoloff
1h 5m

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.

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Ben LyonJimmy HawleyBarbara WeeksAlice MurrayKenneth Thomson
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Chambers
Ethel KenyonEileen Ayensworth
William V. MongGraham
Dolores RayBride (as Dolores Rey)
Nat Pendleton'Killer' Delmar
Tom DuganDrunk
Dwight FryeChick Lewis
Billy BletcherPolice Radio Dispatcher (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
DETAILS
GENRES
MysteryCrime
STATUSReleased
RATING
6.0

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