Appearance
Union Station
Directed by Rudolph Maté, Union Station (1950) is a taut film noir thriller in which Police Lieutenant William Calhoun (William Holden) is tipped off by a passenger (Nancy Olson) that two suspicious men on her train may be connected to the kidnapping of a wealthy businessman's blind daughter. The subsequent manhunt unfolds almost entirely within the vast concourse, platforms, and tunnels of a major railway station — set in Chicago but filmed at the real Union Station in Los Angeles, California.
The film was shot "right on the spot" at Union Station, as the trailer proudly proclaims, making full use of the 1939 station's soaring vaulted ceilings, crowded waiting rooms, and cavernous underground levels to generate sustained suspense.
Location(s)
Union Station was filmed on location at Los Angeles Union Station, with the real railway terminus standing in for the film's Chicago setting.
Los Angeles Union Station, 800 North Alameda Street, Los Angeles, California
The entire film is set within and around its railway station, using Los Angeles Union Station — opened in 1939 and one of the last great American rail stations of the classical era — as the Chicago original. The station's Spanish Colonial Revival and Streamline Moderne architecture, its grand waiting hall, its tunnels and platforms, and its surrounding concourse were all used extensively. Union Station has since appeared in dozens of films and television productions, including Blade Runner and Hail, Caesar! Map Location
Director
Rudolph Maté
Cast
William Holden
Nancy Olson
Barry Fitzgerald
Lyle Bettger
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