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The Silk Express

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Produced by
  
Henry Blanke

Cinematography
  
Tony Gaudio

Initial release
  
1933

Music director
  
Bernhard Kaun

Production company
  
Warner Bros.

6.1/10
IMDb

Music by
  
Bernhard Kaun

Edited by
  
Ralph Dawson

Director
  
Ray Enright

Story by
  
Houston Branch

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Screenplay by
  
Houston Branch Ben Markson

Starring
  
Neil Hamilton Sheila Terry Arthur Byron Guy Kibbee Dudley Digges Arthur Hohl

Cast
  
Guy Kibbee, Neil Hamilton, Sheila Terry, Arthur Hohl, Dudley Digges

Similar
  
Neil Hamilton movies, Directed by Ray Enright, Dramas

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The Silk Express is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Ray Enright and written by Houston Branch and Ben Markson. The film stars Neil Hamilton, Sheila Terry, Arthur Byron, Guy Kibbee, Dudley Digges and Arthur Hohl. The film was released by Warner Bros. on June 10, 1933.

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Plot

Donald Kilgore is determined to take a shipment of silk from Seattle to New York City by rail to break a monopoly set up by gangster Wallace Myton. Also aboard the train are Professor Axel Nyberg and his daughter Paula. He is paralyzed (except for the use of his eyes) and needs an operation in New York urgently to save his life. Myton has agents planted on the train to make sure the silk does not arrive in time.

When Kilgore's secretary is found murdered in a sealed railroad car, Detective McDuff sees a chance to finally make a name for himself and insists the train remain where it is until he solves the crime. Kilgore, however, has him knocked out, and the train proceeds at a record-setting pace. Then Clark, the conductor, is also killed. Professor Nyberg has seen something and knows who the killer is; he is finally able, by blinking once for "no" and twice for "yes", to let the others know. Before he can reveal the murderer's identity, the train enters a tunnel. In the darkness, the criminal tries to silence him, but Kilgore spots some movement in the unlit compartment and saves the professor's life. The killer and his accomplice draw their guns, but "tramp" Rusty Griffith turns out to be a Lloyd's of London undercover investigator and bluffs them into surrendering their weapons. The train arrives at its destination in time.

Cast

  • Neil Hamilton as Donald Kilgore
  • Sheila Terry as Paula Nyberg
  • Arthur Byron as Conductor Clark
  • Guy Kibbee as Railway Detective McDuff
  • Dudley Digges as Professor Axel Nyberg
  • Arthur Hohl as Wallace Myton
  • Allen Jenkins as Robert 'Rusty' Griffith
  • Harold Huber as Train Guard Craft
  • G. Pat Collins as Train Guard Harry Burns
  • Robert Barrat as Mr. Calhoun, Attorney
  • Vernon Steele as Dr. Harold Rolph
  • Ivan Simpson as Johnson
  • Reception

    Mordaunt Hall of The New York Times said, "Ray Enright, the director, has done exceedingly well by this production. It is neatly measured and nicely balanced. The players live up to their reputations, particularly Mr. Kibbee, Mr. Digges, Mr. Hohl, Mr. Jenkins and Mr. Hamilton. Miss Terry does well enough as Paula and Mr. Byron makes the most of the rĂ´le of the train conductor."

    References

    The Silk Express Wikipedia