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Menschen ohne Seele

Originaltitel: Union Station
  • 1950
  • 12
  • 1 Std. 21 Min.
IMDb-BEWERTUNG
6,8/10
2942
IHRE BEWERTUNG
William Holden, Lyle Bettger, Barry Fitzgerald, and Nancy Olson in Menschen ohne Seele (1950)
Official Trailer
trailer wiedergeben2:15
1 Video
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Film NoirDramaKriminalitätThriller

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuA sharp-eyed woman spots a man with a gun on a train and her alert to the railroad police helps them in their search for a ruthless gang who have kidnapped a blind heiress.A sharp-eyed woman spots a man with a gun on a train and her alert to the railroad police helps them in their search for a ruthless gang who have kidnapped a blind heiress.A sharp-eyed woman spots a man with a gun on a train and her alert to the railroad police helps them in their search for a ruthless gang who have kidnapped a blind heiress.

  • Regie
    • Rudolph Maté
  • Drehbuch
    • Sydney Boehm
    • Thomas Walsh
  • Hauptbesetzung
    • William Holden
    • Nancy Olson
    • Barry Fitzgerald
  • Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro
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    6,8/10
    2942
    IHRE BEWERTUNG
    • Regie
      • Rudolph Maté
    • Drehbuch
      • Sydney Boehm
      • Thomas Walsh
    • Hauptbesetzung
      • William Holden
      • Nancy Olson
      • Barry Fitzgerald
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    Union Station
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    William Holden
    William Holden
    • Lt. William Calhoun
    Nancy Olson
    Nancy Olson
    • Joyce Willecombe
    Barry Fitzgerald
    Barry Fitzgerald
    • Inspector Donnelly
    Lyle Bettger
    Lyle Bettger
    • Joe Beacom
    Jan Sterling
    Jan Sterling
    • Marge Wrighter
    Allene Roberts
    Allene Roberts
    • Lorna Murchison
    Herbert Heyes
    Herbert Heyes
    • Henry Murchison
    Don Dunning
    • Gus Hadder
    Fred Graff
    • Vince Marley
    James Seay
    James Seay
    • Detective Shattuck
    Parley Baer
    Parley Baer
    • Detective Gottschalk
    • (as Parley E. Baer)
    Ralph Sanford
    Ralph Sanford
    • Detective Fay
    Richard Karlan
    Richard Karlan
    • Detective Stein
    Bigelow Sayre
    • Detective Ross
    Charles Dayton
    • Howard Kettner
    Jean Ruth
    • Pretty Girl
    Paul Lees
    • Young Man Masher
    Harry Hayden
    • Conductor Skelly
    • Regie
      • Rudolph Maté
    • Drehbuch
      • Sydney Boehm
      • Thomas Walsh
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    7Jed from Toronto

    Stop with the Shrieking already!

    This film is really very good and full of suspense. A woman on a train notices strange behaviour from two men who have just boarded her train and the fact that one has a gun under his coat makes her decide to report to the train conductor. There follows a cliff-hanger of a movie involving a young, blind girl who has been kidnapped and will surely be killed by the psychotic kidnapper (Lyle Bettger) if she is not gotten to on time. There is only one jarring note - I don't think I am alone in wanting to strangle the blind girl every time she appears in the film. The director decided that she should shriek, scream and do a nails-scrapping-down-the-blackboard routine at every possible moment. This film merits more than the 7 I gave it for those who can overlook this irritating performance. Worth watching - you may want to keep the remote handy so that you can easily access the mute button.
    8ccthemovieman-1

    A Very Good, Unknown Film Noir

    This was a bit of a sleeper, better than I thought and not a well-known film to begin with, since it never came out on VHS. William Holden and Nancy Olson both worked on Sunset Boulevard this same year this was released and here are together again. Actually, I like the two a lot better in this film than the much better- known 'Boulevard.'

    Yes, some of the scenes are a bit dumb but the story moves well and keeps your interest which is what a good crime story-drama should do. For some reason, I really enjoyed the train station, too. It looked awesome.

    Hopefully, some day this movie will be part of a film-noir package on DVD.
    7Bunuel1976

    UNION STATION (Rudolph Mate', 1950) ***

    Obviously modeled on Jules Dassin's superior THE NAKED CITY (1948) – co-starring Barry Fitzgerald, meticulous police procedural, filmed on actual locations – this film can certainly stand on its own two feet, being a tight and neatly-handled little thriller with plenty of action and suspense. Especially effective is a game of cat-and-mouse on a train between criminal and cop, which must have influenced THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971)!

    While it doesn't quite have the scope of the earlier classic, the film nonetheless makes the most of its situations (revolving around a race-against-the-clock to save a kidnapped blind girl) and settings (the majority of the action taking place, naturally, inside the titular location – with the tunnels underneath the station itself providing the backdrop for the climax, and which may well have been inspired by ending of THE THIRD MAN [1949]).

    Fitzgerald is once again excellent though, here, he rather plays second-fiddle to the nominal stars – this being a Paramount film, it couldn't but be contract players (William Holden and Nancy Olson in the second of their four teamings). Lyle Bettger is appropriately menacing as the sly chief kidnapper, while Jan Sterling appears as his soft-hearted girlfriend (who suffers the consequences for demonstrating compassion towards her charge).
    7blanche-2

    Good film

    "Union Station" is a realistic 1950 film starring William Holden, Nancy Olson, Jan Sterling and Barry Fitzgerald. It was released after "Sunset Boulevard" so by the time it came out, Holden had actually moved up another level of stardom. Rudolph Mate directed the film in a quasi-documentary way, showing all levels of an attempt to rescue a kidnapped blind girl (Allene Roberts), the daughter of Olson's wealthy boss. Holden plays the detective in charge of Union Station, and he doesn't like the idea of anybody messing with his turf.

    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.
    7bkoganbing

    The Psycho/Phantom of Union Station

    Union Station is the locale of a kidnapping and in its labyrinth of tunnels that bare no accidental resemblance to the catacombs of Rome, the victim, Allene Roberts, is snatched and held captive by Lyle Bettger.

    Allene is the blind daughter of wealthy industrialist Herbert Hayes and since the crime happened on railroad property William Holden as the chief railroad detective has the case. Of course the LAPD is brought in in the person of Barry Fitzgerald.

    Holden is alerted to the kidnap by Nancy Olson who is traveling with Roberts. She's Hayes's secretary, but Bettger eludes them. It's a race against time to apprehend him before a payoff is made.

    This was Lyle Bettger's third film and the one where he first got notice. During his career, Mr. Bettger played some of the loveliest psychotics ever put on film. This one is one of his best and in his little hideaway where he keeps the terrified Ms. Roberts, Bettger bares no small resemblance to the Phantom of the Opera. Bettger really steals the film from the good guy stars.

    Union Station is one tightly constructed film with not a second of wasted footage in it. I wish it were out on VHS or DVD. Don't miss it if TCM ever broadcasts it.

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      The 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.
    • Patzer
      During 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.
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      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.

    • Verbindungen
      Featured in Der Prinz aus Zamunda (1988)

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    • Erscheinungsdatum
      • 12. Oktober 1951 (Westdeutschland)
    • Herkunftsland
      • Vereinigte Staaten
    • Sprache
      • Englisch
    • Auch bekannt als
      • Union Station
    • Drehorte
      • Union Station - 800 N. Alameda Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, Kalifornien, USA
    • Produktionsfirma
      • Paramount Pictures
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      • 1 Std. 21 Min.(81 min)
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