Union Station 1950

Union Station is a tense crime thriller in the tradition of The Naked City that unfolds in Los Angeles. William Holden plays railroad worker Lt. William Calhoun. Calhoun goes into action when Lorna Murchison (Allene Roberts), the sightless daughter of millionaire Henry Murchison (Herbert Heyes), is kidnapped by ruthless Joe Beacon (Lyle Bettger). The abduction is witnessed by Joyce Willecombe (Nancy Olson), Murchison's secretary. Using the handful of clues provided by Joyce, Calhoun and his associate, Inspector Donnelly (Barry Fitzgerald) do their best to second-guess the kidnapper. The film's most harrowing scene finds Beacon abandoning the blind and helpless Lorna in a deserted car barn in the deepest recesses of the titular station. Jan Sterling co-stars as Marge, Beacon's conscience-stricken moll. Former cinematographer Rudolph Mate does a nice, neat job as director, seamlessly matching location shots with studio mockups.
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 Murchison
Don Dunning - Gus Hadder
Fred Graff - Vince Marley
James Seay - Det. Eddie Shattuck
Parley Baer - Detective Gottschalk
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
Trevor Bardette - Patrolman
Richard Barron - Halloran
Ralph Byrd - Priest
Robert Cornthwaite - Orderly
John Crawford - Hackett
Isabel Cushin - Clerk
Edgar Dearing - Detective
Mike Pat Donovan - Watchman
Bob Easton - Hayseed
Dick Elliott - Employee
Laura Elliot - Clerk
Edith Evanson - Mrs. Willecombe
Al Ferguson - Detective
Byron Foulger - Horace
Gerry Ganzer - Clerk
Jack Gargan - Police Stenographer
Sumner Getchell - Police Car Driver
Charmienne Harker - Clerk
Bob Hoffman - Messenger
Thomas E. Jackson - Detective
Jerry James - Con man
Barbara Knudson - Clerk
George Lynn - Moreno
Mike Mahoney - Patrolman
Bill Meader - Projectionist
Howard Mitchell - Detective
Hans Moebus - Charlie the chauffeur
Ralph Montgomery - Con man
Howard Negley - Conductor
Joe Recht - Messenger
Jack Roberts - Freddie
Charles Sherlock - Doctor
Queenie Smith - Landlady
Douglas Spencer - Stationmaster
Bernard Szold - Counterman
Joe Warfield - Manny
Gil Warren - Doctor
Robert Wood - Patrolman
Clifton Young - Ambulance Driver
Fred Zendar