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10 June 1933 (USA) moreUser Comments:
Primitive mystery stuffed with Christie-type clichés... moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Neil Hamilton | ... | Donald Kilgore |
| Sheila Terry | ... | Paula Nyberg |
| Arthur Byron | ... | Conductor Clark |
| Guy Kibbee | ... | Railway Detective McDuff |
| Dudley Digges | ... | Professor Axel Nyberg |
| Arthur Hohl | ... | Wallace Myton |
| Allen Jenkins | ... | Rusty, an alias of Robert Griffith |
| Harold Huber | ... | Train Guard Craft |
| G. Pat Collins | ... | Train Guard Harry Burns (as George Pat Collins) |
| Robert Barrat | ... | Mr. Calhoun, Attorney |
 | Vernon Steele | ... | Dr. Harold Rolph |
| Ivan F. Simpson | ... | Johnson, Kilgore's Secretary (as Ivan Simpson) |
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USA:Approved (PCA #2635-R, 3 September 1936 for re-release)FAQ
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Fast paced little mystery yarn features handsome NEIL HAMILTON in the lead as a man anxious to get his shipment of silk safely removed at the train's destination--but hampered in his efforts by a murder aboard The Silk Express.
Hamilton is determined and spunky as the lead, a far departure from his fate in a film from 1944 (SINCE YOU WENT AWAY) where he was only shown in a photo within a picture frame as Claudette Colbert's husband.
The supporting cast has a number of familiar Warner Bros. faces: Allen Jenkins, Guy Kibbe, Robert Barratt, Vernon Steele--but the round-up of suspects by detective Guy Kibbe is just one of the many clichés in the script which is riddled with just such moments. It comes across as Agatha Christie, without the wit, not that this is from a Christie play or novel.
Guy Kibbe as the detective is overly emphatic in his gruffness, as are just about all of the performances. It's strictly for movie buffs who aren't fussy about how over-baked acting was back in 1933 melodramas.