Une femme aux yeux perçants aperçoit un homme avec une arme à feu dans un train et son alerte à la police des chemins de fer les aide à rechercher un gang impitoyable qui a kidnappé une héri... Tout lireUne femme aux yeux perçants aperçoit un homme avec une arme à feu dans un train et son alerte à la police des chemins de fer les aide à rechercher un gang impitoyable qui a kidnappé une héritière aveugle.Une femme aux yeux perçants aperçoit un homme avec une arme à feu dans un train et son alerte à la police des chemins de fer les aide à rechercher un gang impitoyable qui a kidnappé une héritière aveugle.
- Detective Gottschalk
- (as Parley E. Baer)
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There are some very exciting scenes, particularly the one on the train, which as someone mentioned, very likely inspired "The French Connection." Holden gives a strong, macho performance, which makes the scene where he visits Olson in her home extra delightful, as he becomes embarrassed when her mother fusses over him. It's amazing that after Golden Boy, he toiled in so many films beneath his ability. Jan Sterling is the gangster's girlfriend with a heart - it's a small but showy and sympathetic role. Lyle Bettger is the villain, and he's slime all the way through. The only problem with the film is the kidnap victim herself, Lorna, who screams non-stop. I'm surprised her father wanted her back, but you know how it is with parents.
Really holds your interest. What a hunk Holden is. Highly recommended.
This is an early police procedural, with the railway cops working closely with the New York City police. According to Leslie Halliwell, "Naked City" -- which I've somehow managed never to see -- is the prototype for all the films of this type. The style eventually became overfamiliar, and very diluted, on television with shows like "Dragnet". "Naked City" cast Barry Fitzgerald unexpectedly as the lead detective, and he repeats that role here.
The two principal stars of "Union Station" are William Holden and Nancy Olson, who also co-starred in "Sunset Boulevard" this same year, 1950. Nancy plays Bill's conscience, constantly concerned that the interests of the kidnap victim don't get overlooked in the hunt for the criminals.
Holden is quite good -- he really started to come into his own at this time -- indicating more depth than was strictly required for the stalwart hero in a crime story. Bettger shows calculated menace. The two make worthy opponents.
Maybe Lyle Bettger could also have been reined in a tad with his full-on performance of the nasty kidnapper but he looks the part. Sydney Boehm's tight screenplay was based on Thomas Walsh's Edgar winning novel 'Nightmare in Manhattan' - William Holden and Nancy Olson were teamed again for Award winner, 'Sunset Boulevard' the same year and the image and sound on the DVD I viewed, was quite clean. Was good to discover another classic from the past.
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesThe chase scene on the elevated train used the Third Ave El in New York City for long shots and the Pacific Electric Railway cars in L.A. for close-in shots on the train.
- GaffesDuring the chase on the elevated train, portions of the background rear projection that can be seen through the windows of the train are reversed, flipped so that the lettering of signs is backwards. Probably this was done to match the interior angles in the train that had been filmed.
- Citations
Joe Beacom: [Sadistically to Lorna about the high tension cables that are all around her] All you gotta do, Cookie, is get up and take a walk. You'll fry so fast it'll curl your hair.
- ConnexionsFeatured in Un prince à New York (1988)
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Détails
- Date de sortie
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- Union Station
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- Durée1 heure 21 minutes
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- Rapport de forme
- 1.37 : 1