Pickup (1951)
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
- Mark Lowell — Counter-man
- Jack Daley — Company Doctor
- Art Lewis — The Motorist
- Marjorie Beckett — Woman In Crowd
- Murvyn Vye
Curiosità
Pickup is a 1951 American film noir released by Columbia Pictures and starring Hugo Haas, Beverly Michaels, Allan Nixon and Howland Chamberlain. Written and directed by Haas, a Czech actor and filmmaker, it was his American debut behind the camera and the first of a series of gloomy films about doomed middle-aged men led astray by younger femmes fatales.
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Consigliati
- La fiamma del peccato 1944 · ★ 8.1
- Il cerchio si chiude 1947 · ★ 6.5
- Criminale di turno 1954 · ★ 6.6
- Stasera ho vinto anch'io 1949 · ★ 7.4
- La strada della rapina 1957 · ★ 6.9
- La strada scarlatta 1945 · ★ 7.6
- Sgomento 1949 · ★ 6.8
- Il Grinta 1969 · ★ 7.3
- Donne e veleni 1948 · ★ 6.3
- Non voglio perderti 1950 · ★ 6.9
- La donna di paglia 1964 · ★ 6.2
- Pugno proibito 1962 · ★ 6.2