Union Station

Considered a real nail-biter in its day, this competent police thriller benefits from the real location of the concourse, platforms and threatening bowels of a bustling Art Deco station. Here, a millionaire is instructed to deliver the ransom for his kidnapped blind daughter. Tight-jawed, efficient William Holden is in charge of the on-the-spot manhunt, Barry Fitzgerald is the kindly police chief and Nancy Olson the necessary feminine interest. Ace cinematographer-turned-director Rudolph Maté extracts maximum mileage from the settings, and wrings tension from the simple plot.