''Streamline Express'' is a 1935 American comedy drama film directed by Leonard Fields, starring Victor Jory, Evelyn Venable and

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, distributed by Mascot Pictures. The film is an adaptation of '' Twentieth Century'', released the previous year, in which Ralph Forbes appears in a similar role.

Plot

Broadway star Patricia Wallace quits her Broadway show to run off with wealthy Fred Arnold. Her director Jimmy Hart follows them aboard a futuristic super-speed

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, the ''Streamline Express''. In its non-stop trip from New York City to Los Angeles in 20 hours, the double-decker ''Express'' can reach speeds up to 160 miles per hour. Meanwhile, also aboard is John Bradley and his mistress Elaine Vincent, but Bradley's wife Mary ends up on the train as well. When Elaine gives her crooked pal Gilbert Landon a diamond pendant given her by Bradley, in order to keep Landon quiet about her past, she pretends that the pendant was stolen, in hopes of hiding the truth from Bradley. But Landon manages to throw suspicion on Jimmy Hart, who is masquerading as a steward. It takes confessions by several people to resolve everyone's dilemmas.

Cast

* Victor Jory as Jimmy Hart * Evelyn Venable as Patricia Wallace *

as Elaine Vincent * Erin O'Brien-Moore as Mary Bradley (character erroneously credited as "Mary Forbes") * Ralph Forbes as Fred Arnold *

Sidney Blackmer Sidney Alderman Blackmer (July 13, 1895 – October 6, 1973) was an American Broadway theatre, Broadway and film actor active between 1914 and 1971, usually in major supporting roles. Biography Blackmer was born and raised in Salisbury, ...

as Gilbert Landon * Vince Barnett as Mr. Jones * Clay Clement as John Bradley (character erroneously credited as "John Forbes") * Bobby Watson as Gerald Wilson * Lee Moran as Larry Houston * Syd Saylor as Smith, a Steward * Libby Taylor as Fawn, Patricia's Maid * Edward Hearn as Mack, a Purser *

Allan Cavan Allan Cavan (March 25, 1880 – January 19, 1941) was an American film actor. He appeared in 145 films between 1917 and 1941. Cavan was the son of Mrs. Averila Cavan, and he had a brother, Carl. He began working on films with Sam Goldwyn S ...

as Senior Conductor * Wade Boteler as Baggage Gateman *Harry Tyler as Steve *Tommy Bupp as Wilbur, a Boy with Dog *Morgan Brown as Bartender * Jack Raymond as Baggage Man #1 * C. Montague Shaw as Physician * Lynton Brent as Radio Operator * John Ridgely as Second Steward * Theodore von Eltz

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