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Pickup

Dir. Hugo Haas·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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Pickup (1951)

Hugo Haas

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1h 18m
Cross-source blend ~61/100

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United States of America

Ratings

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6.1/10

21 votes

Rating consensus

61/100 blend

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Moderate-to-positive blended read — weighted ~61/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.

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

Mark Lowell

Counter-man

Jack Daley

Company Doctor

Art Lewis

The Motorist

Marjorie Beckett

Woman In Crowd

Murvyn Vye

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