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