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By Whose Hand?

By Whose Hand? (1932)

1932-07-06 · 65 min · Rating 6.00/10 (4 votes)

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.

Keywords

1930s b movie criminal damsel in distress deception fugitive held at gunpoint interrogation murder police detective pre-code prison escape prohibition era racial stereotype revenge robbery runaway train san francisco, california slang spinster stabbing stock footage stolen jewelry telephone box train widow