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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.
27 Cast Members
Ben Lyon
Jimmy Hawley
Barbara Weeks
Alice Murray
Kenneth Thomson
Chambers
Ethel Kenyon
Eileen Ayensworth
William V. Mong
Graham
Dolores Ray
Bride (as Dolores Rey)
Nat Pendleton
'Killer' Delmar
Tom Dugan
Drunk
Dwight Frye
Chick Lewis
Billy Bletcher
Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Kit Guard
Trainman (uncredited)
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)
