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In this police thriller that partly takes place in Chicago Union Station, a railway policeman, William Calhoun, is approached at work by an apprehensive passenger named Joyce Willecombe (Nancy Olson) who believes that two travelers aboard her train may have been up to no good. Joyce is the secretary to a rich man named Henry Murchison (Herbert Hayes), whose blind daughter, Lorna, has been kidnapped and held for ransom. The railway station where Calhoun works has been chosen as the location to pay off the ransom. Calhoun and fellow cop Inspector Donnelly race against time to find the kidnappers and bring them to justice.
PLOT: Ex cons kidnap a blind girl for ransom and use Union Station for the money drop~ excellent~ returning to the city a woman Joyce Willecome (Nancy Olson) sees a car and two men leap on the train soon a glimse of a gun on one of them has her reporting this to a conductor where the UNION STATION police follow the guys with the guns ~ as they spot a suit case left in the lockers with clothes. The Clothes belong to a BLIND GIRL oddly the daughter of JoyceS wealthy boss~ soon UNION STATION becomes the drop for the ransom demands and money drop~ for the kidnappers~ William Holden is very good as Lt Calhoun the head of police for Union Station~ Barry Fitzgerald as the HEAD of the police. Soon Joyce is used to ID the kidnappers as the guys with the guns~the BRAINS of the gang~ is both cunning and clever~ as the police close in the final chase through the UNDERGROUND passages beneath UNION STATION is excellent. This does not drag~ a very good plot and direction by Rudolph Mate (DOA) and great noir tradition. I GIVE THIS 5 OUT OF 5~ A CLASSIC THRILLER~Read full review
I had been stalking this movie for a long time -- none of the classic movie stations show it enough. It's a good one, and this popped up (FINALLY!) at a good price, so yet another good B&W, set in Chicago, is in my collection! Thanx!
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I love Bill Holden and film noir train movies. Los Angeles Union Station is one of my favorite places in the whole wide world even though it winds up in Chicago when the actors exit the station.
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Excellent movie with first-class acting. Unfortunately the caliber of acting in the 1950's is very much missing in today's movies with its violent and unnecessary bad language.
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