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1932 Comedy Drama Romance 1h 7m

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!"

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.

5.8 TMDB RATING
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Principal Cast

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)

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