By Whose Hand? (1932)
1h 5m
Running Time
July 6, 1932Release Date
By Whose Hand? (1932)
1h 5m
Running Time
July 6, 1932Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
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
Thomas J. 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) / Stunts
Matty Roubert
Second Newsboy (uncredited) / Stunts
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)
Benjamin Stoloff
Director
Charles C. Coleman
Assistant Director
Glenn Rominger
Sound Engineer
Joseph Walker
Cinematography
Stephen Roe
Dialogue
Media.
Details.
This Movie Is About.
slang
san francisco
robbery
prohibition
widow
revenge
deception
escape from prison
murder
fugitive
b movie
train
stabbing
criminal
police detective
interrogation
held at gunpoint
stock footage
racial stereotype
runaway train
telephone box
damsel in distress
spinster
stolen jewelry
1930s
pre-code
Wiki.
By Whose Hand? is a 1932 American mystery film directed by Benjamin Stoloff and starring Ben Lyon, Barbara Weeks and Kenneth Thomson.
In London the film premiered on a double bill with Michael Powell's quota quickie His Lordship.
A print is preserved in the Library of Congress collection.
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