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.
Stars: Ben Lyon, Barbara Weeks, Kenneth Thomson, Ethel Kenyon, William V. Mong, Dolores Ray
Crew: Benjamin Stoloff (Director), Glenn Rominger (Sound Engineer), Charles C. Coleman (Assistant Director), Buddy Roosevelt (Stunts), Joseph Walker (Cinematography), Stephen Roe (Dialogue)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studio: Columbia Pictures
Runtime: 65 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jul 06, 1932
IMDb: 5
Keywords:robbery, slang, prohibition era, san francisco, california, widow, deception, prison escape, revenge, 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
