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6.1Jan 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."
Released: 1951-07-2178 minDir: Hugo HaasDrama, Crime
Cast
- Hugo Haas as Jan 'Hunky' Horak
- Beverly Michaels as Betty Horak
- Allan Nixon as Steve Kowalski
- Howland Chamberlain as 'The Professor', tramp
- Jo-Carroll Dennison as Irma, Betty's friend
- Bernard Gorcey as Peddler with Dog
Themes
- femme fatale
- b movie
- older man younger woman relationship
- railroad
- marriage for money
- gold digger
- railroad station
- erotic thriller
- murder plot
- railroad worker
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Hugo Haas
- Cast member
- Beverly Michaels
- Cinematographer
- Paul Ivano
- Duration
- 78
- Image
- Hugo Haas in Pickup trailer.jpg
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- publication date
- 1951-01-01
- distributed by
- Columbia Pictures
- title
- Pickup
- color
- black-and-white
- different from
- Pickup
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