By Whose Hand?

Ben Lyon (Jimmy) is a reporter who is just a little too keen with his pursuit of a good story. His summary at the end of the film regarding 5 murders being committed is hilariously warped. What a twisted brain he has. Goody! There's been loads of murders! Ha ha. What a psycho lunatic.

The story is set aboard a train and begins with the murder of jewellery tycoon Kenneth Thomson (Chambers). We then meet a cast of characters and the who-dunnit plays out for us in flashback. Unfortunately, this is very slow to get going and one of the characters is the terribly unfunny Tom Dugan who gets far too many scenes playing for comedy. Boring. I'm afraid you will be transported to daydream land on numerous occasions watching this tedium. Things get resolved at the end and that's that. Uninteresting main cast other than Ethel Kenyon (Eileen) who is good at being cunning, The detective at the end is appalling - straight out of the poor school of Whit Bissell acting. He shouts all his requests at the passengers and it is unintentionally hilarious. No-one talks to people like that. What a poor actor. And having journalist Ben Lyon given the ok to do the policework of searching everyone's bags - this story really is a load of nonsense, I'm afraid. I could go on, but I won't. A poor effort.