Movie

Pickup

★ 6.1/10 · 21 votes 1951 1h 18m Released

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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."

Cast

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