By Whose Hand?

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.

Details

Cast

Ben Lyon

Jimmy Hawley

Barbara Weeks

Alice Murray

Kenneth Thomson

Chambers

Ethel Kenyon

Eileen Ayensworth

William V. Mong

Graham

Dolores Ray

Bride (as Dolores Rey)

Nat Pendleton

'Killer' Delmar

Tom Dugan

Drunk

Dwight Frye

Chick Lewis

Billy Bletcher

Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited) (unconfirmed)

Kit Guard

Trainman (uncredited)

William Halligan

Detective (uncredited)

DeWitt Jennings

City Editor (uncredited)

Eddie Kane

Eileen's Accomplice (uncredited)

Martha Mattox

Spinster Train Passenger (uncredited)

Tom McGuire

Train Conductor (uncredited)

Helene Millard

Mrs. Leonard - Widow (uncredited)

Lee Phelps

Ticket Agent (uncredited)

Lorin Raker

Bridegroom (uncredited)

Buddy Roosevelt

Charles - Chambers' Chauffeur (uncredited) (unconfirmed)