Set over the course of one bustling night at Union Depot, a major metropolitan train station, the film follows travelers from all walks of life as their paths cross. Chick and his friend Scrap Iron are newly released from prison after serving time for vagrancy. Hungry and seeking a fresh start, Chick finds a valise left behind by a drunken traveler; inside are a shaving kit, a suit of clothes, and a wad of cash. With his appearance transformed, Chick buys a meal and looks for some companionship among the crowd. He approaches Ruth Collins, a stranded, unemployed showgirl, and brings her to the station hotel. Quickly realizing Ruth is not a streetwalker but a victim of hard times, Chick is moved by her plight and promises to help her buy a train ticket to Salt Lake City, where she hopes to find work. Meanwhile, Scrap Iron finds a wallet and a claim check discarded by a pickpocket. When Chick claims the corresponding violin case, it turns out to be filled with counterfeit money. As Chick spends the cash to buy Ruth a new dress and her train ticket, the real counterfeiter—and the Secret Service—draw closer. Cast: - Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as Charles "Chick" Miller - Joan Blondell as Ruth Collins - Guy Kibbee as "Scrap Iron" Scratch - Alan Hale, Sr. as "The Baron" / Bushy Sloan - David Landau as Kendall - George Rosener as Dr. Bernardi - Earle Foxe as Detective Jim Parker - Frank McHugh as The Drunk - Adrienne Dore as Sadie, the dress shop attendant - Hooper Atchley as Station Agent Having No Available Berths (uncredited) - Irving Bacon as Depot Hotel Waiter (uncredited) - Lilian Bond as Actress on Train (uncredited) - Nat Carr as Magazine Counter Clerk (uncredited) - George Chandler as Panhandler Wanting One Dollar (uncredited) - Spencer Charters as Police Officer Bert Brady (uncredited) - Dorothy Christy as Society Woman Saying Goodbye to Jean (uncredited) - Frank Coghlan Jr. as Ragged Urchin (uncredited) - Charles Coleman as Reverend Harvey Pike (uncredited) - Frank Darien as Doctor / Little Boy's Father (uncredited) - Mary Doran as Daisy (uncredited) - Lester Dorr as Sailor (uncredited) - Maude Eburne as Passenger at Information Desk (uncredited) - George Ernest as Eight-Year-Old Boy (uncredited) - Willie Fung as Chinese Man (uncredited) - Harrison Greene as Eight-Year-Old Boy's Father (uncredited) - Ethel Griffies as Cross Woman at Magazine Stand (uncredited) - Ruth Hall as Welfare Worker's Charge (uncredited) - Theresa Harris as Black Woman (uncredited) - Otto Hoffman as Station Agent Investigating Screams (uncredited) - Robert Homans as Policeman in Paddy Wagon (uncredited) - Gladden James as Taxi Driver (uncredited) - Eulalie Jensen as Dress Shop Proprietess (uncredited) - Lucille La Verne as Lady with Pipe (uncredited) - Charles Lane as Luggage Checkroom Clerk (uncredited) - John Larkin as Porter with Ticket for Ruth (uncredited) - George MacFarlane as Train Caller (uncredited) - Mae Madison as Waitress (uncredited) - Sam McDaniel as Redcap Train Porter (uncredited) - Claire McDowell as Little Boy's Mother (uncredited) - Walter McGrail as Pickpocket (uncredited) - Dickie Moore as Little Boy (uncredited) - Toshia Mori as Chinese Woman Wanting Sedan (uncredited) - Franklin Parker as Station Agent Talking to Reverend Pike (uncredited) - Jack Raymond as Photographer (uncredited) - Cyril Ring as Track 4 Ticket Taker (uncredited) - Jason Robards Sr. as Station Agent (uncredited) - Virginia Sale as Woman on Platform Watching Actress (uncredited) - Ray Turner as Men's Room Attendant (uncredited) - Polly Walters as Mabel (uncredited) - Huey White as Sailor (uncredited) Runtime: 65 minutes.