Everyone remembers William Holden for his two big-time and Oscar-nominated movies in 1950 -- "Sunset Boulevard" and "Born Yesterday." But ask anyone about Nancy Olson -- the heroine of "Union Station" who plays Holden's his-girl-Friday -- and see if you get more than a blank stare. How ironic then that she played Holden's love interest in "Sunset Boulevard" and received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
"Union Station" takes place almost entirely in the titular Chicago train port and boasts a somewhat memorable finale set underneath the station, but the movie as a whole is forgettable. It's a disposable entry in the police procedural noirs that were so popular at the time, and spends a lot of its time explaining the logistics the Union Station security team follows in catching the kidnappers of a business tycoon's daughter.
The film isn't very exciting, but it didn't exactly try my patience either, mostly because it's only 81 minutes long. Still, you can find a hundred other similar movies that are more worth your time.
Grade: B-
"Union Station" takes place almost entirely in the titular Chicago train port and boasts a somewhat memorable finale set underneath the station, but the movie as a whole is forgettable. It's a disposable entry in the police procedural noirs that were so popular at the time, and spends a lot of its time explaining the logistics the Union Station security team follows in catching the kidnappers of a business tycoon's daughter.
The film isn't very exciting, but it didn't exactly try my patience either, mostly because it's only 81 minutes long. Still, you can find a hundred other similar movies that are more worth your time.
Grade: B-