A Florida-bound train is filled with romance and intrigue when one of the passengers disappears while carrying $11-million in unset jewels.
Acting
Jack Oakie's motor-mouth energy carries the whole locomotive.
Production
Depression-era train sets with surprising spatial coherence.
Director
Ralph Murphy
Jack Oakie
Bangs Tucker
Sally Eilers
Jerry Quinn
Kent Taylor
Wally Nelson
Frances Drake
Marina Stafford
J. Farrell MacDonald
Harrigan
Sam Hearn
Schlepperman (as Sam "Schlepperman" Hearn)
Jack Heller
Singer (as Little Jackie Heller)
Claude Gillingwater
Simeon Stafford
Sidney Blackmer
Jack Macklyn
Matthew Betz
Herman Weil
Dwight Frye
Jenkins
Garry Owen
Joe
Mack Gray
Louie
Stanley Andrews
Armstrong
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sam Hearn's 'Schlepperman' character originated in his vaudeville act; this was his screen debut after years as a radio personality.
Released just before the Hays Code clampdown, this breezy crime comedy represents Hollywood's last gasp of casual pre-Code moral flexibility.
US
