☆ ☆ ☆
Union
Station (1950) – R.
Snappy by-the-numbers police procedural
with William Holden as the head railroad cop at Union Station (which may or may
not be in Chicago) who has to deal with a kidnapping case. Director Rudolph Maté shoots this as a noir
but the tone is light not dark even if the kidnapper seems especially brutal
and the cops are not above ignoring their prisoners’ rights. Perhaps Police Chief Barry Fitzgerald with
his Irish charm (turned up strong) softens the edge or maybe Holden’s aw shucks
attempts at romancing the key witness (Nancy Olson) divert our attention from
the poor blind girl who is stuck down in the tunnel. At any rate, the result is an enjoyable
thriller but not much more.
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