critiQs

Login Sign-up
By Whose Hand?

By Whose Hand?

#
Mystery   Crime
📜 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.
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 1932-07-06
⌚ Running Time: 65 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 6.0

Beloved Cast

Ben Lyon original image
Jimmy Hawley
Ben Lyon
Barbara Weeks original image
Alice Murray
Barbara Weeks
Kenneth Thomson original image
Chambers
Kenneth Thomson
Ethel Kenyon original image
Eileen Ayensworth
Ethel Kenyon
William V. Mong original image
Graham
William V. Mong
Dolores Ray original image
Bride (as Dolores Rey)
Dolores Ray
Nat Pendleton original image
'Killer' Delmar
Nat Pendleton
Tom Dugan original image
Drunk
Tom Dugan
Dwight Frye original image
Chick Lewis
Dwight Frye
Billy Bletcher original image
Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Billy Bletcher
Kit Guard original image
Trainman (uncredited)
Kit Guard
William Halligan original image
Detective (uncredited)
William Halligan
DeWitt Jennings original image
City Editor (uncredited)
DeWitt Jennings
Eddie Kane original image
Eileen's Accomplice (uncredited)
Eddie Kane
Martha Mattox original image
Spinster Train Passenger (uncredited)
Martha Mattox
Tom McGuire original image
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Tom McGuire
Helene Millard original image
Mrs. Leonard - Widow (uncredited)
Helene Millard
Lee Phelps original image
Ticket Agent (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Lorin Raker original image
Bridegroom (uncredited)
Lorin Raker
Buddy Roosevelt original image
Charles - Chambers' Chauffeur (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Buddy Roosevelt
Matty Roubert original image
Second Newsboy (uncredited)
Matty Roubert
Oscar Smith original image
Pullman Porter (uncredited)
Oscar Smith
Emma Tansey original image
Chick's Mother (uncredited)
Emma Tansey
Polly Walters original image
Blonde Cigar Stand Attendant (uncredited)
Polly Walters
Florence Wix original image
Outraged Woman in Phone Booth (uncredited)
Florence Wix
Allen Wood original image
First Newsboy (uncredited)
Allen Wood
Dick Rush original image
Dick Rush

Similar Movies

8.1
Movie Name : Rashomon
Release Date : 🕔 1950-08-26
Average Rating: 8.1
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Brimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, "Rashomon" is perhaps the finest film ever to investigate the …

6.3
Movie Name : Next Door
Release Date : 🕔 2005-03-11
Average Rating: 6.3
Genres:
Duration :

overview : After Ingrid leaves John, he allows himself to be pulled into a mystical and scary world where it is impossible …

7.1
Movie Name : Frenzy
Release Date : 🕔 1972-05-25
Average Rating: 7.1
Genres:
Duration :

overview : After a serial killer strangles several women with a necktie, London police identify a suspect—but he claims vehemently to be …

6.576
Movie Name : Silent Hill
Release Date : 🕔 2006-04-21
Average Rating: 6.576
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Rose, a desperate mother takes her adopted daughter, Sharon, to the town of Silent Hill in an attempt to cure …

7.5
Movie Name : The Conversation
Release Date : 🕔 1974-04-07
Average Rating: 7.5
Genres:
Duration :

overview : A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on …

7.201
Movie Name : A Fish Called Wanda
Release Date : 🕔 1988-07-15
Average Rating: 7.201
Genres:
Duration :

overview : While a diamond advocate attempts to steal a collection of diamonds, troubles arise when he realises he’s not the only …

8.178
Movie Name : The Usual Suspects
Release Date : 🕔 1995-07-19
Average Rating: 8.178
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, …

7.132
Movie Name : Angel Heart
Release Date : 🕔 1987-03-06
Average Rating: 7.132
Genres:
Duration :

overview : A down-and-out Brooklyn detective is hired to track down a singer on an odyssey that will take him through the …

7.6
Movie Name : Lost Highway
Release Date : 🕔 1997-01-15
Average Rating: 7.6
Genres:
Duration :

overview : A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgängers, and an impossible transformation …

7.971
Movie Name : Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Release Date : 🕔 2003-10-10
Average Rating: 7.971
Genres:
Duration :

overview : An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives …

7.2
Movie Name : A History of Violence
Release Date : 🕔 2005-09-23
Average Rating: 7.2
Genres:
Duration :

overview : An average family is thrust into the spotlight after the father commits a seemingly self-defense murder at his diner.

8.18
Movie Name : Memento
Release Date : 🕔 2000-10-11
Average Rating: 8.18
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty of locating his wife's killer, …

6.002
Movie Name : Miami Vice
Release Date : 🕔 2006-07-27
Average Rating: 6.002
Genres:
Duration :

overview : A case involving drug lords and murder in South Florida takes a personal turn for undercover detectives Sonny Crockett and …

7.199
Movie Name : Beverly Hills Cop
Release Date : 🕔 1984-12-05
Average Rating: 7.199
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Fast-talking, quick-thinking Detroit street cop Axel Foley has bent more than a few rules and regs in his time, but …

8.3
Movie Name : Léon: The Professional
Release Date : 🕔 1994-09-14
Average Rating: 8.3
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Léon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner". But when his next-door …

7.765
Movie Name : The Untouchables
Release Date : 🕔 1987-06-03
Average Rating: 7.765
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Elliot Ness, an ambitious prohibition agent, is determined to take down Al Capone. In order to achieve this goal, he …

7.4
Movie Name : Bad Education
Release Date : 🕔 2004-03-19
Average Rating: 7.4
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Two children, Ignacio and Enrique, know love, the movies and fear in a religious school at the beginning of the …

6.688
Movie Name : 48 Hrs.
Release Date : 🕔 1982-12-07
Average Rating: 6.688
Genres:
Duration :

overview : A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a …

Comments (0)