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The Silk Express is a american film of genre Drama directed by Ray Enright released in USA on 1 june 1933 with Neil Hamilton
The Silk Express (1933)
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Add to a movie listThe 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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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.Actors
Neil Hamilton
(Donald Kilgore)
Sheila Terry
(Paula Nyberg)
Arthur Byron
(Conductor Clark)
Guy Kibbee
(Railway Detective McDuff)
Dudley Digges
(Professor Axel Nyberg)
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