About
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.
Theatrical
Jul 6, 1932
Keywords
slang
san francisco, california
robbery
prohibition era
widow
revenge
deception
prison escape
murder
fugitive
b movie
train
stabbing
criminal
police detective
interrogation
held at gunpoint
pre-code
stock footage
racial stereotype
runaway train
telephone box
damsel in distress
spinster
stolen jewelry
1930s
Cast
Full credits →B
Ben Lyon
Jimmy Hawley
B
Barbara Weeks
Alice Murray
K
Kenneth Thomson
Chambers
E
Ethel Kenyon
Eileen Ayensworth
W
William V. Mong
Graham
N
Nat Pendleton
'Killer' Delmar
T
Tom Dugan
Drunk
D
Dwight Frye
Chick Lewis
B
Billy Bletcher
Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
K
Kit Guard
Trainman (uncredited)
W
William Halligan
Detective (uncredited)
D
DeWitt Jennings
City Editor (uncredited)
E
Eddie Kane
Eileen's Accomplice (uncredited)
M
Martha Mattox
Spinster Train Passenger (uncredited)
T
Tom McGuire
Train Conductor (uncredited)
H
Helene Millard
Mrs. Leonard - Widow (uncredited)
L
Lee Phelps
Ticket Agent (uncredited)
L
Lorin Raker
Bridegroom (uncredited)
B
Buddy Roosevelt
Charles - Chambers' Chauffeur (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
M
Matty Roubert
Second Newsboy (uncredited)
