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Union Depot
A Lifetime Crowded Into a Few Mad Hours! A Picture Shockingly Real—Lifting You Out of the Humdrum Routine, Pluning You Wildly Into Life's Melodrama!
1932 | 67m | English
Popularity: 0.6 (history)
| Director: | Alfred E. Green |
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| Writer: | Kenyon Nicholson, Walter DeLeon |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 14, 1932 |
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| Director: | Alfred E. Green |
| Writer: | Kenyon Nicholson, Walter DeLeon |
| Genres: | Comedy, Romance, Drama |
| Keywords | pre-code, train station |
| Production Companies | First National Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 29, 2026 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Douglas Fairbanks Jr. | Charles 'Chick' Miller |
| Joan Blondell | Ruth Collins |
| Guy Kibbee | Scrap Iron Scratch |
| Alan Hale | The Baron, aka Bushy Sloan |
| David Landau | Kendall |
| George Rosener | Dr. Bernardi |
| Earle Foxe | Jim Parker |
| Frank McHugh | The Drunk |
| Adrienne Dore | Sadie |
| Irving Bacon | Depot Hotel Waiter (uncredited) |
| George Chandler | Panhandler Wanting One Dollar (uncredited) |
| Mary Doran | Daisy (uncredited) |
| Ethel Griffies | Cross Woman at Magazine Stand (uncredited) |
| Lucille La Verne | Lady with Pipe (uncredited) |
| Charles Lane | Luggage Checkroom Clerk (uncredited) |
| Dickie Moore | Little Boy (uncredited) |
| Jason Robards Sr. | Station Agent (uncredited) |
| Ray Turner | Men's Room Attendant (uncredited) |
| Hooper Atchley | Station Agent Having No Available Berths (uncredited) |
| Geraldine Barton | Dress Shop Proprietress (uncredited) |
| Lilian Bond | Actress on Train (uncredited) |
| Nat Carr | Magazine Counter Clerk (uncredited) |
| Shirley Chambers | Dress Shop Assistant (uncredited) |
| Spencer Charters | Police Officer Bert Brady (uncredited) |
| Dorothy Christy | Society Woman Saying Goodbye to Jean (uncredited) |
| Frank Coghlan Jr. | Ragged Urchin (uncredited) |
| Charles Coleman | Reverend Harvey Pike (uncredited) |
| Frank Darien | Doctor / Little Boy's Father (uncredited) |
| Jill Dennett | Daisy (uncredited) |
| Lester Dorr | Sailor (uncredited) |
| Maude Eburne | Passenger at Information Desk (uncredited) |
| George Ernest | Eight-Year-Old Boy (uncredited) |
| Harry Forsman | Information Bureau Clerk (uncredited) |
| Willie Fung | Chinese Man (uncredited) |
| Harrison Greene | Eight-Year-Old Boy's Father (uncredited) |
| Ruth Hall | Welfare Worker's Charge (uncredited) |
| Theresa Harris | Black Woman (uncredited) |
| Otto Hoffman | Station Agent Investigating Screams (uncredited) |
| Robert Homans | Policeman in Paddy Wagon (uncredited) |
| Gladden James | Taxi Driver (uncredited) |
| Eulalie Jensen | Dress Shop Proprietress (uncredited) |
| John Larkin | Porter with Ticket for Ruth (uncredited) |
| George MacFarlane | Train Caller (uncredited) |
| Mae Madison | Waitress (uncredited) |
| Sam McDaniel | Redcap Train Porter (uncredited) |
| Claire McDowell | Little Boy's Mother (uncredited) |
| Walter McGrail | Pickpocket (uncredited) |
| Toshia Mori | Chinese Woman Wanting Sedan (uncredited) |
| Franklin Parker | Station Agent Talking to Reverend Pike (uncredited) |
| Cyril Ring | Track 4 Ticket Taker (uncredited) |
| Virginia Sale | Woman on Platform Watching Actress (uncredited) |
| Polly Walters | Mabel (uncredited) |
| Huey White | Sailor (uncredited) |
| Jack Raymond | Photographer (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Joe Laurie Jr. | Theatre Play |
| Gene Fowler | Theatre Play |
| Douglas Durkin | Theatre Play |
| Kenyon Nicholson | Screenplay |
| Walter DeLeon | Screenplay |
| Sol Polito | Director of Photography |
| Jack Killifer | Editor |
| Jack Okey | Art Direction |
| Earl Luick | Costume Design |
| Perry Finnerman | Assistant Camera |
| Al Alleborn | Assistant Director |
| Oliver S. Garretson | Sound |
| Thomas Brannigan | Camera Operator |
| John Ellis | Still Photographer |
| Mike Joyce | Camera Operator |
| Alfred E. Green | Director |
| Kubec Glasmon | Dialogue |
| John Bright | Dialogue |
| Robert Mitchell | Assistant Camera |
| Leo F. Forbstein | Conductor |
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| 2024 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 33 | 1 |
| 2025 | 11 | 12 | 60 | 2 |
| 2025 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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