Directed by:
Rudolph MatéScreenplay:
Sydney BoehmCinematography:
Daniel L. FappComposer:
Heinz RoemheldCast:
William Holden, Nancy Olson, Barry Fitzgerald, Lyle Bettger, Jan Sterling, Allene Roberts, Kasey Rogers, Robert Cornthwaite, Parley Baer, Ralph Sanford (more)Plots(1)
William Holden plays railroad worker Lt. William Calhoun. Calhoun goes into action when Lorna Murchison (Allene Roberts), the sightless daughter of millionaire Henry Murchison (Herbert Heyes), is kidnapped by ruthless Joe Beacon (Lyle Bettger). The abduction is witnessed by Joyce Willecombe (Nancy Olson), Murchison's secretary. Using the handful of clues provided by Joyce, Calhoun and his associate, Inspector Donnelly (Barry Fitzgerald) do their best to second-guess the kidnapper. The film's most harrowing scene finds Beacon abandoning the blind and helpless Lorna in a deserted car barn in the deepest recesses of the titular station. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![William Holden](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/362/164362556_b112d1.jpg)
William Holden
USA
Best movies:
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
The Towering Inferno (1974)
![Nancy Olson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/873/165873888_45aac1.jpg)
Nancy Olson
USA
Best movies:
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Union Station (1950)
Portrait of Jennie (1948)
![Barry Fitzgerald](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/337/164337526_baa551.png)
Barry Fitzgerald
Ireland
Best movies:
The Dawn Patrol (1938)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Going My Way (1944)
![Lyle Bettger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/046/576/46576551_21ae16.jpg)
Lyle Bettger
USA
Best movies:
All I Desire (1953)
Union Station (1950)
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
![Jan Sterling](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/046/576/46576472_8f5474.jpg)
Jan Sterling
USA
Best movies:
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Caged (1950)
Johnny Belinda (1948)
![Allene Roberts](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/806/160806071_1e5201.jpg)
Allene Roberts
USA
Best movies:
Union Station (1950)
The Sign of the Ram (1948)
The Red House (1947)
![Kasey Rogers](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/053/160053828_6218e6.jpg)
Kasey Rogers
USA
Best movies:
Strangers on a Train (1951)
A Place in the Sun (1951)
Samson and Delilah (1949)
![Robert Cornthwaite](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/120/455/120455612_6883c1.jpg)
Robert Cornthwaite
USA
Best movies:
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
![Parley Baer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/120/455/120455669_1fd43e.jpg)
Parley Baer
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Pickup on South Street (1953)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
![Ralph Sanford](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/935/159935030_010c41.jpg)
Ralph Sanford
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Big Country (1958)
The Heiress (1949)
![Ralph Byrd](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/948/157948793_3f65ff.jpg)
Ralph Byrd
USA
Best movies:
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
North West Mounted Police (1940)
Swing Time (1936)
![James Seay](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/343/160343394_0045c5.jpg)
James Seay
USA
Best movies:
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
North West Mounted Police (1940)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
![Byron Foulger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000086_3c7dff.jpg)
Byron Foulger
USA
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
Edison, the Man (1940)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
![Clifton Young](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/015/163015975_01e6b8.jpg)
Clifton Young
USA
Best movies:
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Possessed (1947)
Dark Passage (1947)
![Dick Elliott](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/470/159470718_fa6406.jpg)
Dick Elliott
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
![Harry Hayden](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/480/159480941_f58ec9.jpg)
Harry Hayden
Canada
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
![John Crawford](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/513/159513783_cc4e71.jpg)
John Crawford
USA
Best movies:
The Towering Inferno (1974)
The Longest Day (1962)
The Big Heat (1953)
![Robert Easton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/099/162099474_101eb9.jpg)
Robert Easton
USA
Best movies:
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
Deep in My Heart (1954)
Charles Sherlock
USA
Best movies:
East of Eden (1955)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Storm Warning (1951)
![Ethan Laidlaw](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/310/161310716_1cb01f.jpg)
Ethan Laidlaw
USA
Best movies:
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
Pressure Point (1962)