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61% Critic Match
Pickup
“They gave her a bad name... and she lived up to it!”
6.1 / 10• 1951• 1h 18m•NR• English
DramaCrime
Storyline
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 & Crew
Hugo Haas
Jan 'Hunky' Horak
Lead
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
ML
Mark Lowell
Counter-man
JD
Jack Daley
Company Doctor
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Hugo Haas's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Pickup is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
