By Whose Hand?
1932 | 65m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Benjamin Stoloff |
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| Writer: | Harry Adler |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 06, 1932 |
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| Director: | Benjamin Stoloff |
| Writer: | Harry Adler |
| Genres: | Crime, Mystery |
| Keywords | slang, san francisco, california, robbery, prohibition era, widow, revenge, deception, prison escape, murder, fugitive, b movie, train, stabbing, criminal, police detective, interrogation, held at gunpoint, pre-code, stock footage, racial stereotype, runaway train, telephone box, damsel in distress, spinster, stolen jewelry, 1930s |
| Production Companies | Columbia Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 29, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Matty Roubert | Second Newsboy (uncredited) |
| Oscar Smith | Pullman Porter (uncredited) |
| Emma Tansey | Chick's Mother (uncredited) |
| Polly Walters | Blonde Cigar Stand Attendant (uncredited) |
| Florence Wix | Outraged Woman in Phone Booth (uncredited) |
| Allen Wood | First Newsboy (uncredited) |
| Dick Rush |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Ted Tetzlaff | Director of Photography |
| Buddy Roosevelt | Stunts |
| Matty Roubert | Stunts |
| Benjamin Stoloff | Director |
| Harry Adler | Writer |
| Maurice Wright | Editor |
| Joseph Walker | Cinematography |
| Charles C. Coleman | Assistant Director |
| Glenn Rominger | Sound Engineer |
| Isadore Bernstein | Dialogue |
| Stephen Roe | Dialogue |
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| 2024 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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