Pickup

Jul 21, 1951

1h 18m

★ 6.0

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."

Genres

Drama

Crime

Production Companies

Hugo Haas Productions

Pickup Trailers

Cast

Jan 'Hunky' Horak

Hugo Haas

Betty Horak

Beverly Michaels

Steve Kowalski

Allan Nixon

'The Professor', tramp

Howland Chamberlain

Irma, Betty's friend

Jo-Carroll Dennison

Peddler with Dog

Bernard Gorcey

Counter-man

Mark Lowell

Company Doctor

Jack Daley

The Motorist

Art Lewis

Woman In Crowd

Marjorie Beckett

Murvyn Vye

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