By Whose Hand?

By Whose Hand? (1932)

6.6 65 min Movie
MysteryCrime

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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Cast

Ben Lyon Ben Lyon Jimmy Hawley
Barbara Weeks Barbara Weeks Alice Murray
Kenneth Thomson Kenneth Thomson Chambers
Ethel Kenyon Ethel Kenyon Eileen Ayensworth
William V. Mong William V. Mong Graham
Dolores Ray Dolores Ray Bride (as Dolores Rey)
Nat Pendleton Nat Pendleton 'Killer' Delmar
Tom Dugan Tom Dugan Drunk
Dwight Frye Dwight Frye Chick Lewis
Billy Bletcher Billy Bletcher Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Kit Guard Kit Guard Trainman (uncredited)
William Halligan William Halligan Detective (uncredited)

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