Pickup

Drama, Crime

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Hugo Haas

Status Released

Release Date 1951-07-21

Storyline

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."

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