Union Station

Year: 1950

Grade: B

Country: USA

Director: Mate

Review

good detective noir. william holden is a tough guy in charge of security at union station. he gets wind that some shady characters are using his place to get ransom for a blind girl and he gets on the case. it goes through the usual plot and ends predictably, but none of that matters when you have some nice direction and good character acting. the noir genre formula provides such a solid base that you really only need to have some good dialogue or an interesting secondary character or two in order to stand out. this one didn’t necessarily stand out, but i was intrigued throughout and it’s a good flick.