Union Depot

Jan 14, 1932

1h 7m

★ 5.8

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!

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

First National Pictures

Union Depot Trailers

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Cast

Charles 'Chick' Miller

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Ruth Collins

Joan Blondell

Scrap Iron Scratch

Guy Kibbee

The Baron, aka Bushy Sloan

Alan Hale

Kendall

David Landau

Dr. Bernardi

George Rosener

Jim Parker

Earle Foxe

The Drunk

Frank McHugh

Sadie

Adrienne Dore

Depot Hotel Waiter (uncredited)

Irving Bacon

Panhandler Wanting One Dollar (uncredited)

George Chandler

Daisy (uncredited)

Mary Doran

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