Paradise Express (1937) | Full Movie | Grant Withers | Dorothy Appleby | Arthur Hoyt

(1937) A small railroad is being squeezed out of business by the tactics of a trucking company owned by gangsters. One of the more interesting things about Paradise Express probably known in later years as the Hooterville Cannonball is the fact that Harry Davenport is playing against type. Usually cast as the kindly grandfather type in films, Davenport plays the kind of crotchety old guy usually done by George Barbier.
Davenport is the president of a local railroad which is in receivership and hemorrhaging business badly to a trucking company. That was happening all across the USA then, it's called progress. But in this case the receiver appointed, Grant Withers is looking to save the railroad, particularly a line to the town of Paradise where a lot of local farmers were sending their produce with the railroad until recently.
Director: Joseph Kane
Writers: Jack Natteford, Betty Burbridge
Starring: Grant Withers, Dorothy Appleby, Arthur Hoyt