# Streamline Express

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***Streamline Express*** is a 1935 American [comedy drama film](/source/Comedy_drama_film) directed by [Leonard Fields](/source/Leonard_Fields), starring [Victor Jory](/source/Victor_Jory), [Evelyn Venable](/source/Evelyn_Venable) and [Esther Ralston](/source/Esther_Ralston), distributed by Mascot Pictures.[1] The film is an adaptation of *[Twentieth Century](/source/Twentieth_Century_(film))*, released the previous year, in which Ralph Forbes appears in a similar role.[2]

## 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](/source/High-speed_rail) [monorail](/source/Monorail), 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](/source/Victor_Jory) as Jimmy Hart
- [Evelyn Venable](/source/Evelyn_Venable) as Patricia Wallace
- [Esther Ralston](/source/Esther_Ralston) as Elaine Vincent
- [Erin O'Brien-Moore](/source/Erin_O'Brien-Moore) as Mary Bradley (character erroneously credited as "Mary Forbes")
- [Ralph Forbes](/source/Ralph_Forbes) as Fred Arnold
- [Sidney Blackmer](/source/Sidney_Blackmer) as Gilbert Landon
- [Vince Barnett](/source/Vince_Barnett) as Mr. Jones
- [Clay Clement](/source/Clay_Clement) as John Bradley (character erroneously credited as "John Forbes")
- [Bobby Watson](/source/Bobby_Watson_(actor)) as Gerald Wilson
- [Lee Moran](/source/Lee_Moran) as Larry Houston
- [Syd Saylor](/source/Syd_Saylor) as Smith, a Steward
- [Libby Taylor](/source/Libby_Taylor) as Fawn, Patricia's Maid
- [Edward Hearn](/source/Guy_Edward_Hearn) as Mack, a Purser
- [Allan Cavan](/source/Allan_Cavan) as Senior Conductor
- [Wade Boteler](/source/Wade_Boteler) as Baggage Gateman
- Harry Tyler as Steve
- Tommy Bupp as Wilbur, a Boy with Dog
- Morgan Brown as Bartender
- [Jack Raymond](/source/Jack_Raymond) as Baggage Man #1
- [C. Montague Shaw](/source/C._Montague_Shaw) as Physician
- [Lynton Brent](/source/Lynton_Brent) as Radio Operator
- [John Ridgely](/source/John_Ridgely) as Second Steward
- [Theodore von Eltz](/source/Theodore_von_Eltz)

## References

1. Tushka, John (1999). [*The Vanishing Legion: A History of Mascot Pictures, 1927-1935*](https://books.google.com/books?id=IVtAfjvRl74C&dq=%22streamline+express%22+%22victor+jory%22&pg=PA116). Jefferson, North Carolina, USA: McFarland & Company Publishers. pp. 116–117. ISBN 9780786407491.

1. Cocchi, Jon (1991). [*Second Feature: The Best of the B's*](https://books.google.com/books?id=Z_oHAQAAMAAJ&q=%22streamline+express%22+%22victor+jory%22). Secaucus, New Jersey, USA: Carol Publishing Group. pp. 58–59. ISBN 9780806511863.

## External links

- [Streamline Express](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027053/) at IMDb
- [Review and stills](https://skeptic78240.wordpress.com/2017/09/24/bad-movie-of-the-week-186/) at Bad Movie of the Week

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