The Silk Express
1933 | 61m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Ray Enright |
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| Writer: | Houston Branch, Ben Markson |
| Staring: |
| As the demand for raw silk goes sky high, crooked businessman Wallace Myton corners the market with plans to drive up the price. Determined to fulfill his contracts, manufacturer Donald Kilgore imports $3 million worth of silk to Seattle and accompanies it by special train to New York. But when his secretary is found murdered, Kilgore soon discovers Myton has planted three killers on board with orders to stop the express and its passengers dead in their tracks. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 01, 1933 |
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| Director: | Ray Enright |
| Writer: | Houston Branch, Ben Markson |
| Genres: | Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Keywords | new york city, sabotage, invalid, pre-code, train conductor |
| Production Companies | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 04, 2024 Entered: Apr 30, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Neil Hamilton | Donald Kilgore |
| Sheila Terry | Paula Nyberg |
| Arthur Byron | Conductor Clark |
| Guy Kibbee | Railway Detective McDuff |
| Dudley Digges | Professor Axel Nyberg |
| Arthur Hohl | Wallace Myton |
| Allen Jenkins | Robert 'Rusty' Griffith |
| Harold Huber | Train Guard Craft |
| G. Pat Collins | Train Guard Harry Burns |
| Robert Barrat | Mr. Calhoun, Attorney |
| Vernon Steele | Dr. Harold Rolph |
| Ivan F. Simpson | Johnson, Kilgore's Secretary |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Ray Enright | Director |
| Houston Branch | Screenplay, Story |
| Orry-Kelly | Costume Design |
| Ben Markson | Screenplay |
| Ralph Dawson | Editor |
| Esdras Hartley | Art Direction |
| Tony Gaudio | Director of Photography |
| Bernhard Kaun | Original Music Composer |
| Stanley Logan | Dialogue |
| Leo F. Forbstein | Conductor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Henry Blanke | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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