
Among the travelers of varied backgrounds that meet and interact on one night at Union Depot, a metropolitan train station, are Chick and his friend Scrap Iron, both newly released from prison after serving time for vagrancy. Hungry and desperate for a break, Chick fortuitously comes across across a valise abandoned by a drunken traveler. In it he finds a shaving kit and a suit of clothes with a bankroll, which help transform the affable tramp into a dashing gent. After buying himself a meal, Chick seeks some female companionship among the many hustlers who walk the station. He propositions Ruth Collins, a stranded, out-of-work showgirl and takes her to the station's hotel.
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
George Rosener
Dr. Bernardi

Earle Foxe
Jim Parker

Frank McHugh
The Drunk

Adrienne Dore
Sadie

Irving Bacon
Depot Hotel Waiter (uncredited)

George Chandler
Panhandler Wanting One Dollar (uncredited)

Mary Doran
Daisy (uncredited)

Ethel Griffies
Cross Woman at Magazine Stand (uncredited)

Lucille La Verne
Lady with Pipe (uncredited)

Charles Lane
Luggage Checkroom Clerk (uncredited)

Dickie Moore
Little Boy (uncredited)

Jason Robards Sr.
Station Agent (uncredited)

Ray Turner
Men's Room Attendant (uncredited)

Hooper Atchley
Station Agent Having No Available Berths (uncredited)
Geraldine Barton
Dress Shop Proprietress (uncredited)

Lilian Bond
Actress on Train (uncredited)

Nat Carr
Magazine Counter Clerk (uncredited)

Shirley Chambers
Dress Shop Assistant (uncredited)

Spencer Charters
Police Officer Bert Brady (uncredited)

Dorothy Christy
Society Woman Saying Goodbye to Jean (uncredited)

Frank Coghlan Jr.
Ragged Urchin (uncredited)

Charles Coleman
Reverend Harvey Pike (uncredited)

Frank Darien
Doctor / Little Boy's Father (uncredited)

Jill Dennett
Daisy (uncredited)

Lester Dorr
Sailor (uncredited)

Maude Eburne
Passenger at Information Desk (uncredited)

George Ernest
Eight-Year-Old Boy (uncredited)
Harry Forsman
Information Bureau Clerk (uncredited)

Willie Fung
Chinese Man (uncredited)
Harrison Greene
Eight-Year-Old Boy's Father (uncredited)

Ruth Hall
Welfare Worker's Charge (uncredited)

Theresa Harris
Black Woman (uncredited)

Otto Hoffman
Station Agent Investigating Screams (uncredited)

Robert Homans
Policeman in Paddy Wagon (uncredited)

Gladden James
Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Eulalie Jensen
Dress Shop Proprietress (uncredited)

John Larkin
Porter with Ticket for Ruth (uncredited)

George MacFarlane
Train Caller (uncredited)

Mae Madison
Waitress (uncredited)

Sam McDaniel
Redcap Train Porter (uncredited)

Claire McDowell
Little Boy's Mother (uncredited)

Walter McGrail
Pickpocket (uncredited)

Toshia Mori
Chinese Woman Wanting Sedan (uncredited)
Franklin Parker
Station Agent Talking to Reverend Pike (uncredited)

Cyril Ring
Track 4 Ticket Taker (uncredited)

Virginia Sale
Woman on Platform Watching Actress (uncredited)

Polly Walters
Mabel (uncredited)
Huey White
Sailor (uncredited)
Jack Raymond
Photographer (uncredited)
Crew

Alfred E. Green
Director
Kenyon Nicholson
Screenplay
Walter DeLeon
Screenplay
Jack Killifer
Editor
Sol Polito
Director of Photography
Al Alleborn
Assistant Director
Mike Joyce
Camera Operator
Thomas Brannigan
Camera Operator
Perry Finnerman
Assistant Camera
Robert Mitchell
Assistant Camera
Earl Luick
Costume Design
Oliver S. Garretson
Sound
Kubec Glasmon
Dialogue
John Bright
Dialogue
John Ellis
Still Photographer
Leo F. Forbstein
Conductor
Douglas Durkin
Theatre Play
Joe Laurie Jr.
Theatre Play
Gene Fowler
Theatre Play
Jack Okey
Art Direction
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