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    Pickup

    78'

    1951-07-21

    6.1

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

    Drama,Crime

    Overview:

    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."

    WritingJosef KoptaDirectingHugo Haas

    Cast

    1

    Jan 'Hunky' Horak

    Hugo Haas

    1

    Betty Horak

    Beverly Michaels

    1

    Steve Kowalski

    Allan Nixon

    1

    'The Professor', tramp

    Howland Chamberlain

    1

    Irma, Betty's friend

    Jo-Carroll Dennison

    1

    Peddler with Dog

    Bernard Gorcey

    1

    Counter-man

    Mark Lowell

    1

    Company Doctor

    Jack Daley

    1

    The Motorist

    Art Lewis

    1

    Woman In Crowd

    Marjorie Beckett

    1

    Murvyn Vye

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. United States of America
    • List of languages:
      1. English
    • List of companies:
      1. Hugo Haas Productions
      2. Columbia Pictures
    • Vote Count: 21
    • Popularity: 0.6094
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:Pickup

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