BY WHOSE HAND? 1932) -colorized

By Whose Hand? is a 1932 American mystery film directed by Benjamin Stoloff and starring Ben Lyon, Barbara Weeks and Kenneth Thomson.[1]
By Whose Hand? is a 1932 American mystery film directed by Benjamin Stoloff and starring Ben Lyon, Barbara Weeks and Kenneth Thomson.[1]

In London the film premiered on a double bill with Michael Powell's quota quickie His Lordship.[2]

The film is a breezy murder mystery (working title was "Murder Express") with Ben Lyon doing a fine job as the lead Jimmy Hawley, a crime reporter, who boards a train more to pursue the beautiful Barbara Weeks than to follow a lead that the escaped Killer Delmar (Nat Pendleton) might be on the train. There are many suspicious characters aboard the train, including Ethel Kenyon as a jewel thief, Kenneth Thomson as a womanizing jeweler, Helene Millard as a "grieving" widow, and the always enjoyable William V. Mong as a vengeful, bitter old man. Detective William Halligan has in his care (in cuffs) one Chick Lewis (Dwight Frye), who had squealed on his old buddy Delmar and is now being transported to prison near San Francisco.
Cast
Ben Lyon as Jimmy
Barbara Weeks as Alice
Kenneth Thomson as Chambers
Ethel Kenyon as Eileen
William V. Mong as Graham
Dolores Ray as Bride
Nat Pendleton as The Killer
Tom Dugan as Drunk
Dwight Frye as Chick