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Pickup (1951)

"They gave her a bad name... and she lived up to it!"

6.0/10 1h 18m Jul 21, 1951
Drama Crime

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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Movie Details

Original Title Pickup
Original Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.4

Cast

Hugo Haas
Hugo Haas
Jan 'Hunky' Horak
Popularity: 0.2
Beverly Michaels
Beverly Michaels
Betty Horak
Popularity: 0.7
Allan Nixon
Allan Nixon
Steve Kowalski
Popularity: 1.6
Howland Chamberlain
Howland Chamberlain
'The Professor', tramp
Popularity: 4.1
Jo-Carroll Dennison
Jo-Carroll Dennison
Irma, Betty's friend
Popularity: 0.7
Bernard Gorcey
Bernard Gorcey
Peddler with Dog
Popularity: 1.3
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Mark Lowell
Counter-man
Popularity: 2.2
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Jack Daley
Company Doctor
Popularity: 0.8
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Art Lewis
The Motorist
Popularity: 1.2
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Marjorie Beckett
Woman In Crowd
Popularity: 0.0
Murvyn Vye
Murvyn Vye
Popularity: 9.9

Key Crew

Editor W.L. Bagier
Producer Hugo Haas
Director Hugo Haas
Screenplay Arnold Lipp, Hugo Haas

Production

Hugo Haas Productions

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Keywords

femme fatale b movie older man younger woman relationship railroad marriage for money gold digger railroad station erotic thriller murder plot railroad worker manipulative woman wicked woman fishnets sudden deafness

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Details
Release Date July 21, 1951
Runtime 1h 18m
Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.4
Links
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