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Union Depot

6.5

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Original title

Union Depot

Year

1932

Running time

67 min.

Country

United States

Director

Alfred E. Green

Screenwriter

Kenyon Nicholson, Walter DeLeon. Play: Gene Fowler, Joe Laurie Jr, Douglas Durkin

Cast

Music

Leo F. Forbstein

Cinematography

Sol Polito (B&W)

Producer

First National Pictures

Genre

Comedy. Romance. Drama | The Great Depression. Prostitution. Crime. Heist Film

Synopsis

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. However, he quickly realizes she's not a streetwalker but another hard luck victim of the Depression. Touched by the Ruth's sincerity, he vows to help her buy a ticket to Salt Lake City, where a job awaits her. Scrap Iron is lucky too, stumbling across a wallet with a claim check discarded by a pickpocket. When ...

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Union Depot

1932

Alfred E. Green

6.5

(26)