Union Depot

Union Depot

A Lifetime Crowded Into a Few Mad Hours! A Picture Shockingly Real—Lifting You Out of the Humdrum Routine, Pluning You Wildly Into Life's Melodrama!

NR 1932 · 67 min · ★ 6.1 · Comedy, Drama, Romance

Among the travelers of varied backgrounds that meet and interact on one night at Union Depot, a metropolitan train station, are Chick and his friend Scrap Iron, both newly released from prison after serving time for vagrancy. Hungry and desperate for a break, Chick fortuitously comes across across a valise abandoned by a drunken traveler. In it he finds a shaving kit and a suit of clothes with a bankroll, which help transform the affable tramp into a dashing gent. After buying himself a meal, Chick seeks some female companionship among the many hustlers who walk the station. He propositions Ruth Collins, a stranded, out-of-work showgirl and takes her to the station's hotel.

Directed by Alfred E. Green · Written by Kenyon Nicholson

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Cast

Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Charles 'Chick' Miller
Joan Blondell Ruth Collins
Guy Kibbee Scrap Iron Scratch
Alan Hale The Baron, aka Bushy Sloan
David Landau Kendall
George Rosener Dr. Bernardi
Earle Foxe Jim Parker
Frank McHugh The Drunk
Adrienne Dore Sadie
Irving Bacon Depot Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
George Chandler Panhandler Wanting One Dollar (uncredited)
Mary Doran Daisy (uncredited)

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