The Mystery Train
1931 | 62m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Phil Whitman |
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| Writer: | Phil Whitman, Hampton Del Ruth |
| Staring: |
| A group of passengers are trapped in a runaway Pullman car. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 01, 1931 |
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| Director: | Phil Whitman |
| Writer: | Phil Whitman, Hampton Del Ruth |
| Genres: | Mystery |
| Keywords | train |
| Production Companies | Continental Talking Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Apr 30, 2024 Entered: Apr 30, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Marceline Day | Joan Lane |
| Hedda Hopper | Mrs. Marian Radcliffe |
| Nick Stuart | Ronald Stanhope |
| Bryant Washburn | William Mortimer |
| Al Cooke | The Bridegroom (as Albert Cooke) |
| Mary MacLaren | Nurse |
| Carol Tevis | The Bride |
| Joseph W. Girard | Sheriff |
| Spec O'Donnell | Caddy |
| Eddie Fetherston | Archie Benson |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Phil Whitman | Director, Story, Screenplay |
| Hampton Del Ruth | Story, Screenplay |
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| 2024 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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It's curious when you consider the enormous career-ending power Hedda Hopper ended up yielding, that she was actually, herself, a really mediocre actress - and such limited skill as she possessed is amply displayed in this rather dreary amalgam of romance and drama. She's the rather odious "Marian R ... adcliffe", a woman who is down on her luck but who sees an opportunity to restore her fortunes following a train crash in which she helps prisoner "Joan" (an exceptionally wooden effort from Marceline Day) escape from police custody. In return for her generosity, she manipulates the pretty young woman into a dalliance with the wealthy heir "Stanhope" (Nick Stuart). In cahoots with her lawyer "Mortimer" (Bryant Washburn) she implements their plan to marry her off and and share his inheritance! Sadly this has precious little substance to it. Too stage bound to do justice to the train wreck scenes, and the dialogue and comedy are really too strained and unnatural. It flows well enough, but simply put - nothing really happens. Trains look good, though!