Film
Pickup
1951 · 1h 18m · Drama · Crime
They gave her a bad name... and she lived up to it!
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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."
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
Marjorie Beckett
Woman In Crowd
Murvyn Vye
Crew
- Hugo HaasProducer · Director · Screenplay
- Arnold LippScreenplay
- Josef KoptaNovel
- Paul IvanoDirector of Photography
- Harold ByrnsOriginal Music Composer
- W.L. BagierEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- July 21, 1951
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 18m
- Rated
- NR
- Genres
- Drama, Crime
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