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Union Station

Duration:

81 min

Genres:

Crime | Drama | Film-Noir | Thriller

IMDB rate:

6.8

Director:

Rudolph Maté

Details

Country: USA

Filming Locations: Saugus, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Kasey Rogers

William Holden

Lt. William Calhoun

Nancy Olson

Joyce Willecombe

Barry Fitzgerald

Inspector Donnelly

Lyle Bettger

Joe Beacom

Jan Sterling

Marge Wrighter

Allene Roberts

Lorna Murchison

Herbert Heyes

Henry L. Murchison

Don Dunning

Gus Hadder

Fred Graff

Vince Marley

James Seay

Detective Eddie Shattuck

Parley Baer

Detective Gottschalk (as Parley E. Baer)

Ralph Sanford

Detective Fay

Richard Karlan

Detective George Stein

Bigelow Sayre

Detective Ross

Charles Dayton

Howard Kettner

Jean Ruth

Pretty Girl

Paul Lees

Young Man Masher

Harry Hayden

Conductor Skelly

Eric Alden

Doctor (uncredited)

Trevor Bardette

Patrolman (uncredited)

Richard Barron

Det. Halloran (uncredited)

Ralph Byrd

Priest (uncredited)

Betty Corner

Woman (uncredited)

Robert Cornthwaite

Emergency Room Orderly (uncredited)

John Crawford

Hackett (uncredited)

Isabel Cushin

Clerk (uncredited)

Edgar Dearing

Detective (uncredited)

Mike Donovan

Watchman (uncredited)

June Earle

Nurse (uncredited)

Robert Easton

Con Victim (uncredited)

Dick Elliott

Powerhouse Workman (uncredited)

Edith Evanson

Mrs. Willecombe (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

Sleeping Train Passenger (uncredited)

Al Ferguson

Detective (uncredited)

Byron Foulger

Horace - Baggage Clerk (uncredited)

Gerry Ganzer

Clerk (uncredited)

Jack Gargan

Tom - Police Stenographer (uncredited)

Sumner Getchell

Police Car Driver (uncredited)

Charmienne Harker

Clerk (uncredited)

Bob Hoffman

Messenger (uncredited)

Thomas E. Jackson

Detective (uncredited)

Jerry James

Con Artist (uncredited)

Barbara Knudson

Clerk (uncredited)

Ethan Laidlaw

Police Detective (uncredited)

George Lynn

Detective Moreno (uncredited)

Mike Mahoney

Patrolman (uncredited)

William Meader

Police Projectionist (uncredited)

Lee Miller

Police Detective (uncredited)

Howard M. Mitchell

Detective (uncredited)

Hans Moebus

Charlie the Chauffeur (uncredited)

Ralph Montgomery

Con Artist (uncredited)

Howard Negley

Conductor (uncredited)

Joe Recht

Messenger (uncredited)

Jack Roberts

Freddie (uncredited)

Charles Sherlock

Doctor (uncredited)

Queenie Smith

Landlady (uncredited)

Douglas Spencer

Stationmaster (uncredited)

Brick Sullivan

Policeman (uncredited)

Bernard Szold

Counterman (uncredited)

Dorothy Vernon

Union Station Extra (uncredited)

Joe Warfield

Manny (uncredited)

Gil Warren

Doctor (uncredited)

Ward Wood

Patrolman (uncredited)

Clifton Young

Ambulance Driver (uncredited)

Fred Zendar

Ambulance Driver (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

There were 2 former mayors of Mayberry in this movie: Parley Baer (Mayberry mayor Stoner) was a cop and Dick Elliott (Mayberry mayor Pike) was a powerhouse workman.

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The movie shows Union Station in its heyday. Due to closures and a subway that was built, many of the scenes in "Union Station" (ie the scenes involving the ransom payments) cannot be shot again in the same way.

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The chase scene on the elevated train used the Third Ave El in New York City for long shots and the Pacific Electric Railway cars in L.A. for close in shots on the train.

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Goofs

When Joe Beacom peeks out of the 'Scenic Route' sign before trying to collect the ransom, a black board is moved alongside the camera and can be seen just before we see Joe inside the sign.

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During the chase on the elevated train, portions of the background rear projection that can be seen through the windows of the train are reversed, flipped so that the lettering of signs is backwards. Probably this was done to match the interior angles in the train that had been filmed.

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When Joyce and Calhoun are having their conversation in the café, the amount of drink in her glass changes between shots.

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Quotes

Lorna Murchison: You will let my father go, won't you?

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Inspector Donnelly: I'll break any man who takes his eyes off that suitcase.

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Joe Beacom: [Sadistically to Lorna about the high tension cables that are all around her] All you gotta do, Cookie, is get up and take a walk. You'll fry so fast it'll curl your hair.

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