Union Station (1950)
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Union Station is a tense crime thriller in the tradition of The Naked City that unfolds in Los Angeles. William Holden plays railroad worker Lt. William Calhoun. Calhoun goes into action when Lorna Murchison (Allene Roberts), the sightless daughter of millionaire Henry Murchison (Herbert Heyes), is kidnapped by ruthless Joe Beacon (Lyle Bettger). The abduction is witnessed by Joyce Willecombe (Nancy Olson), Murchison's secretary. Using the handful of clues provided by Joyce, Calhoun and his associate, Inspector Donnelly (Barry Fitzgerald) do their best to second-guess the kidnapper. The film's most harrowing scene finds Beacon abandoning the blind and helpless Lorna in a deserted car barn in the deepest recesses of the titular station. Jan Sterling co-stars as Marge, Beacon's conscience-stricken moll. Former cinematographer Rudolph Mate does a nice, neat job as director, seamlessly matching location shots with studio mockups. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- William Holden - Lt. William Calhoun
- Barry Fitzgerald - Inspector Donnelly
- Jan Sterling - Marge Wrighter
- Herbert Heyes - Henry Murchison
- Fred Graff - Vince Marley
- Parley Baer - Detective Gottschalk
- Richard Karlan - Detective George Stein
- Charles Dayton - Howard Kettner
- Paul Lees - Young Man Masher
- Eric Alden - Doctor
- Gerry Ganzer - Clerk
- Robert Wood - Patrolman
- Douglas Spencer - Stationmaster
- Charles Sherlock - Doctor
- Gil Warren - Doctor
- Bob Hoffman - Messenger
- John Crawford - Hackett
- Hans Moebus - Charlie the chauffeur
- Jerry James - Con man
- Fred Zendar
- Thomas E. Jackson - Detective
- George Lynn - Moreno
- Sumner Getchell - Police Car Driver
- Byron Foulger - Horace
- Edith Evanson - Mrs. Willecombe
- Ralph Montgomery - Con man
- Trevor Bardette - Patrolman
- Mike Pat Donovan - Watchman
- Bob Easton - Hayseed
- Robert Cornthwaite - Orderly
- Nancy Olson - Joyce Willecombe
- Lyle Bettger - Joe Beacom
- Allene Roberts - Lorna Murchison
- Don Dunning - Gus Hadder
- James Seay - Det. Eddie Shattuck
- Ralph Sanford - Detective Fay
- Bigelow Sayre - Detective Ross
- Jean Ruth - Pretty Girl
- Harry Hayden - Conductor Skelly
- Howard Negley - Conductor
- Clifton Young - Ambulance Driver
- Joe Warfield - Manny
- Queenie Smith - Landlady
- Mike Mahoney - Patrolman
- Bernard Szold - Counterman
- Isabel Cushin - Clerk
- Joe Recht - Messenger
- Bill Meader - Projectionist
- Charmienne Harker - Clerk
- Jack Roberts - Freddie
- Richard Barron - Halloran
- Barbara Knudson - Clerk
- Jack Gargan - Police Stenographer
- Al Ferguson - Detective
- Laura Elliot - Clerk
- Howard Mitchell - Detective
- Edgar Dearing - Detective
- Dick Elliott - Employee
- Ralph Byrd - Priest
- Director(s):
- Rudolph Maté
- Writer(s):
- Sydney Boehm
- Producer(s):
- Jules Schermer
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