Police catch a break when suspected kidnappers are spotted on a train heading towards Union Station. Police, train station security and a witness try to piece together the crime and get back the blind daughter of a rich business man.
Cinematography
Union Station as claustrophobic maze of light and dread.
Direction
Maté turns a location shoot into pressure-cooker suspense.
Acting
Barry Fitzgerald steals every scene he's in, obviously.
Director
Rudolph Maté
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
James Seay
Detective Shattuck
Parley Baer
Detective Gottschalk
Ralph Sanford
Detective Fay
Richard Karlan
Detective Stein
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot on location at Los Angeles' real Union Station during overnight hours; commuters occasionally wandered into frames.
Released the same year as Sunset Boulevard — Nancy Olson appears in both, making her the face of 1950 Hollywood's psychological whiplash.
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