Pickup (1951)

07/21/1951 (US) • 1h 18m

Drama, Crime

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

Overview

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."

Top Billed Cast

Hugo Haas

Jan 'Hunky' Horak

Beverly Michaels

Betty Horak

Allan Nixon

Steve Kowalski

Howland Chamberlain

'The Professor', tramp

Jo-Carroll Dennison

Irma, Betty's friend

Bernard Gorcey

Peddler with Dog

Mark Lowell

Counter-man

Jack Daley

Company Doctor

Art Lewis

The Motorist


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

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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