Summary
Union Depot is an American film comedy-drama first released in 1932,
directed by Alfred E. Green.
The film stars Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Joan Blondell, Guy Kibbee and Alan Hale.
It has also been released under the title: Gentleman for a Day.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Alfred E. Green
- Script: Joe Laurie Jr., Gene Fowler, Douglas Durkin, Kenyon Nicholson, Walter DeLeon, Kubec Glasmon, John Bright
- Photo: Sol Polito
- 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, G-Man), George Rosener (Dr. Bernardi), Earle Foxe (Detective Jim Parker, G-Man), Frank McHugh (The Drunk), Adrienne Dore (Sadie, Dress Shop Attendant), Hooper Atchley (Station Agent Having No Available Berths), Irving Bacon (Depot Hotel Waiter), Lilian Bond (Actress on Train), Nat Carr (Magazine Counter Clerk), George Chandler (Panhandler Wanting One Dollar), Spencer Charters (Police Officer Bert Brady), Dorothy Christy (Society Woman Saying Goodbye to Jean), Frank Coghlan Jr. (Ragged Urchin), Charles Coleman (Reverend Harvey Pike), Frank Darien (Doctor), Mary Doran (Daisy), Lester Dorr (Sailor), Maude Eburne (Passenger at Information Desk), George Ernest (Eight-Year-Old Boy), Harrison Greene (Eight-Year Old Boy’s Father), Ethel Griffies (Cross Woman at Magazine Stand), Ruth Hall (Welfare Worker’s Charge), Otto Hoffman (Station Agent Investigating Screams), Robert Homans (Policeman in Paddy Wagon), Gladden James (Taxi Driver), Eulalie Jensen (Dress Shop Proprietess), Charles Lane (Luggage Checkroom Clerk), John Larkin (Porter with Ticket for Ruth), Lucille La Verne (Lady with Pipe), George MacFarlane (Train Caller), Mae Madison (Waitress), Sam McDaniel (Redcap Train Porter), Claire McDowell (Little Boy’s Mother), Walter McGrail (Pickpocket), Dickie Moore (Little Boy), Toshia Mori (Chinese Woman Wanting Sedan), Franklin Parker (Station Agent Talking to Reverend Pike), Jack Raymond (Photographer), Cyril Ring (Track 4 Ticket Taker), Jason Robards Sr. (Station Agent), Virginia Sale (Woman on Platform Watching Actress), Ray Turner (Men’s Room Attendant), Polly Walters (Mabel), Huey White (Sailor)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 67 min; B&W
- Aka: Gentleman for a Day
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