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.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Columbia Pictures
Keywords
- robbery
- slang
- prohibition era
- san francisco, california
- widow
- deception
- prison escape
- revenge
- murder
- fugitive
- b movie
- train
- stabbing
- criminal
- police detective
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Top Cast
Ben Lyon as Jimmy Hawley
Barbara Weeks as Alice Murray
Kenneth Thomson as Chambers
Ethel Kenyon as Eileen Ayensworth
William V. Mong as Graham
Dolores Ray as Bride (as Dolores Rey)
Nat Pendleton as 'Killer' Delmar
Tom Dugan as Drunk
Top Crew
Benjamin Stoloff · Director
Harry Adler · Writer
Ted Tetzlaff · Cinematographer
Maurice Wright · Editor
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