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Pickup (1951)

NR ★ 6.0/10 78 min Drama, Crime United States English
Director: Hugo Haas
Novel: Josef Kopta
Screenplay by: Arnold Lipp, Hugo Haas
Streaming: Not available
They gave her a bad name... and she lived up to it!

Description

Jan Horak is a middle-aged railroad dispatcher stationed at a forsaken spot in the desert, within driving distance of the nearest town. A widower, he has saved his money and goes to town to buy a dog, meets Betty, a flashy blonde who gains his confidence and marries him to acquire his $7,000 "fortune."

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Hugo Haas
Hugo Haas Jan 'Hunky' Horak
Beverly Michaels
Beverly Michaels Betty Horak
Allan Nixon
Allan Nixon Steve Kowalski
Howland Chamberlain
Howland Chamberlain 'The Professor', tramp
Jo-Carroll Dennison
Jo-Carroll Dennison Irma, Betty's friend
Bernard Gorcey
Bernard Gorcey Peddler with Dog
Mark Lowell Counter-man
Jack Daley Company Doctor

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