pre-code,train station

Union Depot (1932)

Poster for 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!

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Alfred E. Green
  • Profile picture of Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
    Charles 'Chick' Miller Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
  • Profile picture of Joan Blondell
    Ruth Collins Joan Blondell
  • Profile picture of Guy Kibbee
    Scrap Iron Scratch Guy Kibbee
  • Profile picture of Alan Hale
    The Baron, aka Bushy Sloan Alan Hale
  • Profile picture of David Landau
    Kendall David Landau
  • Profile picture of Earle Foxe
    Jim Parker Earle Foxe
  • Profile picture of Frank McHugh
    The Drunk Frank McHugh
  • Profile picture of Adrienne Dore
    Sadie Adrienne Dore

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Keywords

  • pre-code
  • train station