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Pickup(1951)
Status: Released
Date: 1951-07-21
60%
19 Votes
Time: 1h 18m
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."
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Hugo Haas Productions
Movie: Pickup
Top 10 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
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