By Whose Hand?

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.

Ben Lyon

Barbara Weeks

Kenneth Thomson

Ethel Kenyon

(Eileen Ayensworth)

William V. Mong

Dolores Ray

(Bride (as Dolores Rey))

Nat Pendleton

('Killer' Delmar)

Tom Dugan

Dwight Frye

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