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20 March 1940 (USA) moreTagline:
Somewhere among the strange human cargo on this death express... Is a murderer!Plot:
The Phantom Robber (I. Stanford Jolley) gets a fortune in jewels and some valuable papers from a robbery... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Definitely one of the lesser set-on-a-train movies more (5 total)Cast
(Complete credited cast) | John 'Dusty' King | ... | Valentine 'Val' Lennon (as John King) |
| Marjorie Reynolds | ... | Joan Marshall |
| George Cleveland | ... | Prof. Van Dillon |
| Edward Keane | ... | Capt. Harrigan |
| Monte Collins | ... | Abel Krantz (as Monty Collins) |
 | I. Stanford Jolley | ... | Frenchie, The Phantom Robber |
 | Pat Flaherty | ... | Train Conductor Thomas |
| Herbert Ashley | ... | Trainman |
| Lita Chevret | ... | Mae Krantz |
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This is a far cry from "The 39 Steps," which preceded it, or "Twentieth Century." That one also came first but of course is a hilarious comedy with a great, brilliant performance by John Barrymore; it's not a mystery.
Marjorie Reynolds is appealing as the heroine. John King makes a good investigator. Then he opens his mouth and sings. "The Singing Detective" this also is not.
The dialog is strangely wordy and improbable in many cases. People have been given real mouthfuls to speak. But the plot is a decent one. It moves along nicely. And I had no idea who the villains were going to turn out to be. Usually I can either tell or I've got lost in too many characters.
Here, though, the characters are nicely delineated. And the ending comes as a surprise. At least it did for me.