A private detective (Lloyd Nolan) attempts to escort a witness (Mary Beth Hughes) on a train going from Denver to San Francisco where she will testify at a trial. But there are people who don't want the girl to testify and will do anything in their means to stop her. Based on the novel SLEEPERS EAST (previously filmed in 1934) by Frederick Nebel and directed by Eugene Forde (CHARLIE CHAN ON BROADWAY). This is the second entry in the four movie 20th Century Fox franchise featuring the detective Michael Shayne. I'm a big fan of movies set on trains and if it's a thriller or a mystery set on a train, I'm doubly happy so this movie was right up my alley. It's a brisk, fast moving (one hour, 14 minutes) mystery drama and there's always something going on so there's no wasted time. Good fun! With Lynn Bari, Louis Jean Heydt, Edward Brophy and Mantan Moreland.
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