By Whose Hand? (1932)
1h 5m
Running Time
July 6, 1932Release Date
By Whose Hand? (1932)
1h 5m
Running Time
July 6, 1932Release Date
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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
Barbara Weeks
Alice
Kenneth Thomson
Chambers
Ethel Kenyon
Eileen
Benjamin Stoloff
Director
Harry Adler
Writer
Nat Pendleton
'Killer' Delmar
Tom Dugan
Drunk
Ted Tetzlaff
Cinematographer
Dwight Frye
Chick Lewis
Maurice Wright
Editor
Billy Bletcher
Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
William V. Mong
Graham
Kit Guard
Trainman (uncredited)
Dolores Ray
Bride
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)
Glenn Rominger
Sound Engineer
Charles C. Coleman
Assistant Director
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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.