The Silk Express (1933)
As the demand for raw silk goes sky high, crooked businessman Wallace Myton corners the market with plans to drive up the price. Determined to fulfill his contracts, manufacturer Donald Kilgore imports $3 million worth of silk to Seattle and accompanies it by special train to New York. But when his secretary is found murdered, Kilgore soon discovers Myton has planted three killers on board with orders to stop the express and its passengers dead in their tracks.
Director:
Ray Enright
Writers:
Ben Markson, Houston Branch.
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Neil Hamilton as Donald Kilgore |
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Sheila Terry as Paula Nyberg |
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Arthur Byron as Conductor Clark |
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Guy Kibbee as Railway Detective McDuff |
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Dudley Digges as Professor Axel Nyberg |
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Arthur Hohl as Wallace Myton |
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Allen Jenkins as Robert 'Rusty' Griffith |
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Harold Huber as Train Guard Craft |
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G. Pat Collins as Train Guard Harry Burns |
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Robert Barrat as Mr. Calhoun, Attorney |
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Vernon Steele as Dr. Harold Rolph |
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Ivan F. Simpson as Johnson, Kilgore's Secretary |
| Costume & Make-Up | Orry-Kelly | Costume Design |
| Directing | Ray Enright | Director |
| Editing | Ralph Dawson | Editor |
| Writing | Ben Markson | Screenplay |
| Art | Esdras Hartley | Art Direction |
| Writing | Houston Branch | Story |
| Production | Henry Blanke | Producer |
| Writing | Houston Branch | Screenplay |
| Camera | Tony Gaudio | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Bernhard Kaun | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Stanley Logan | Dialogue |
| Sound | Leo F. Forbstein | Conductor |