Streamline Express is a 1935 American comedy drama film directed by Leonard Fields, starring Victor Jory, Evelyn Venable and Esther Ralston, 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 (Evelyn Venable) quits her Broadway show to run off with wealthy Fred Arnold (Ralph Forbes). Her director Jimmy Hart (Victor Jory) follows them aboard a futuristic super-speed 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 (Clay Clement) and his mistress Elaine Vincent (Esther Ralston), but Bradley's wife Mary (Erin O'Brien-Moore) ends up on the train as well. When Elaine gives her crooked pal Gilbert Landon (Sidney Blackmer) 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 Esther Ralston as Elaine Vincent Erin O'Brien-Moore as Mary Bradley (character erroneously credited as "Mary Forbes") Ralph Forbes as Fred Arnold Sidney Blackmer 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 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 References External links Review and stills at Bad Movie of the Week 1935 films 1930s mystery comedy-drama films 1930s romantic comedy-drama films American mystery comedy-drama films 1930s English-language films American black-and-white films American romantic comedy-drama films Mascot Pictures films Films about adultery in the United States Films set on trains Films produced by Nat Levine Films directed by Leonard Fields 1930s American films