Movie Description
By Whose Hand?
(1932)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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Benjamin Stoloff
- Writer : Harry Adler
- Editor : Maurice Wright
- Cast : Ben Lyon,Barbara Weeks,Kenneth Thomson,Ethel Kenyon,William V. Mong,Dolores Ray,Nat Pendleton,Tom Dugan,Dwight Frye,Billy Bletcher,Kit Guard,William Halligan,DeWitt Jennings,Eddie Kane,Martha Mattox,Tom McGuire,Helene Millard,Lee Phelps,Lorin Raker,Buddy Roosevelt,Matty Roubert,Oscar Smith,Emma Tansey,Polly Walters,Florence Wix,Allen Wood,Dick Rush
Cast
Jimmy Hawley
Alice Murray
Chambers
Eileen Ayensworth
Graham
Bride (as Dolores Rey)
'Killer' Delmar
Drunk
Chick Lewis
Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Trainman (uncredited)
Detective (uncredited)
City Editor (uncredited)
Eileen's Accomplice (uncredited)
Spinster Train Passenger (uncredited)
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Mrs. Leonard - Widow (uncredited)
Ticket Agent (uncredited)
Bridegroom (uncredited)
Charles - Chambers' Chauffeur (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Second Newsboy (uncredited)
Pullman Porter (uncredited)
Chick's Mother (uncredited)
Blonde Cigar Stand Attendant (uncredited)
Outraged Woman in Phone Booth (uncredited)
First Newsboy (uncredited)
Posters
Recommendations
Hoodlum
6.4
The Usual Suspects
8.168
Dark Passage
7.3
Union Station
6.5
Woman on the Run
6.8
Public Enemies
6.686
Shadow of a Doubt
7.495
The Cheap Detective
6.353
Sexy Beast
6.992
Gangster Squad
6.382
The Narrow Margin
7.293
The Maltese Falcon
7.703
Raw Deal
6.707
High Sierra
7.1
Man from Reno
6.444
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
7.16
Born to Kill
6.7
Facts
Original TitleBy Whose Hand?
Status Released
Release Information
-
1932-07-06
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 05m
Production CompaniesColumbia Pictures
Genres
- Mystery
- Crime
