Watch Pickup (1951) Official Trailer
They gave her a bad name... and she lived up to it!
6.1 / 10 IMDb July 21, 1951 1h 18m
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."
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Runtime
1h 18m
Release Date
July 21, 1951
Genre
Drama, Crime
Status
Released
Languages
English
Country
United States of America
Producers
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
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Mark Lowell
as Counter-man
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Jack Daley
as Company Doctor
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Art Lewis
as The Motorist
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Marjorie Beckett
as Woman In Crowd
Murvyn Vye
Production Companies
Hugo Haas Productions
Columbia PicturesPickup Official Trailer 1951
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