Pickup
They gave her a bad name... and she lived up to it!
1951 | 78m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Hugo Haas |
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| Writer: | Arnold Lipp, Hugo Haas, Josef Kopta |
| Staring: |
| 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." | |
| Release Date: | Jul 21, 1951 |
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| Director: | Hugo Haas |
| Writer: | Arnold Lipp, Hugo Haas, Josef Kopta |
| Genres: | Drama, Crime |
| Keywords | femme fatale, b movie, older man younger woman relationship, railroad, marriage for money, gold digger, railroad station, erotic thriller, murder plot, railroad worker, manipulative woman, wicked woman, fishnets, sudden deafness |
| Production Companies | Hugo Haas Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: May 08, 2024 Entered: Apr 25, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Hugo Haas | Jan 'Hunky' Horak |
| 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 |
| Mark Lowell | Counter-man |
| Jack Daley | Company Doctor |
| Artie Lewis | The Motorist |
| Marjorie Beckett | Woman In Crowd |
| Murvyn Vye | None |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Paul Ivano | Director of Photography |
| John R. Carter | Sound Recordist |
| Arnold Lipp | Screenplay |
| Harold Byrns | Original Music Composer |
| Izzy Berne | Wardrobe Master |
| Hugo Haas | Screenplay, Director |
| Josef Kopta | Novel |
| W.L. Bagier | Editor |
| Rudi Feld | Art Direction |
| Dave Grayson | Makeup Artist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Hugo Haas | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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