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Seen on: 05/20/2012

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Union Station (1950)

Directed by Rudolph Maté

Crime | Drama | Film Noir

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Overview

Police catch a break when suspected kidnappers are spotted on a train heading towards Union Station. Police, train station security and a witness try to piece together the crime and get back the blind daughter of a rich business man.

Rated NR | Length 81 minutes

Actors

William Holden | Nancy Olson | Douglas Spencer | Kasey Rogers | Barry Fitzgerald | John Crawford | Edith Evanson | Jan Sterling | Dick Elliott | George Lynn | Robert Easton | Fred Graff | Robert O. Cornthwaite | Thomas E. Jackson | Herbert Heyes | Parley Baer | Howard Negley | James Seay | Richard Karlan | Clifton Young | Byron Foulger | Lyle Bettger | Harry Hayden | Allene Roberts | Gilman Rankin | Trevor Bardette | Paul Lees | Ralph Sanford | Ralph Montgomery | Queenie Smith | Jean Ruth | Brick Sullivan | Ralph Byrd | Ward Wood | Don Dunning | Bigelow Sayre | Charles Dayton | Lee Miller | Joe Warfield | Mike Mahoney | Fred Zendar | Charles Sherlock | Dorothy Vernon | Franklyn Farnum | William Meader | Barbara Knudson | Sumner Getchell | Howard M. Mitchell | Eric Alden | Jack Gargan | Ethan Laidlaw | Al Ferguson | Bernard Szold | Jerry James | Edgar Dearing | Gerry Ganzer | Charmienne Harker | June Earle | Joe Recht | Jack Roberts | Mike Donovan | Hans Moebus | Bob Hoffman | Betty Corner | Isabel Cushin

Viewing Notes

A pretty good noir set in Chicago (though some purported Chicago scenes are obviously set in L.A., like an exterior of “Union Station” that has a shadow of a palm tree falling across the outside brick facade; not to mention the fact that the outside of Chicago’s Union Station looked nothing like that).

A fairly young William Holden is fun to watch here, as is the primary villain played by veteran bay guy character actor Lyle Bettger.

Union Station does have some iconic Chicago scenery, such as the infamous stockyards, the interior of Union Station itself, and the famed municipal tunnels that used to be used to deliver coal to much of the loop area of downtown Chicago. Chicago’s famous EL trains (elevated trains) also feature prominently.

Well worth a watch with some excellent cinematography.

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