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By Whose Hand? (1932)

By Whose Hand? (1932)

Crime Mystery
Release Date: 1932, July 6
Directors: Benjamin Stoloff
Countries: United States of America
Production: Columbia Pictures, Columbia Pictures
Cast: Kit Guard, Lee Phelps, Billy Bletcher, Eddie Kane, Tom Dugan, Buddy Roosevelt, Florence Wix, Dwight Frye, Oscar Smith, Lorin Raker, Emma Tansey, Martha Mattox

Overview:

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:

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