Pickup

1951

6.1 (21)

1 hr 18 min

They gave her a bad name... and she lived up to it!

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."

Top 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

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