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.
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
Robert 'Rusty' Griffith
Harold Huber
Train Guard Craft
G. Pat Collins
Train Guard Harry Burns
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.
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