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Pickup (1951) [NR]

Featuring:
Hugo Haas, Beverly Michaels, Allan Nixon

Written by:
Hugo Haas
Arnold Lipp
Josef Kopta

Directed by:
Hugo Haas


Release Date:
July 21, 1951

Original Title:
Pickup

Alternate Titles:
Hlídač č. 47
Zastávka 47

Genres:
Crime | Drama

Production Companies:
Hugo Haas Productions

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR 

Runtime: 78

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

Overview from TheMovieDB

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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Overview from Open Movies

Low-budget, tabloid-lurid story with high camp value of older man falling for much younger beauty who's busy figuring out how she can kill him now that they're married. Nasty verbal encounters and above all, Beverly Michaels, spike up this flick.

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Rankings and Honors

Pickup (1951) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 6.7/10
Awards Won: 1 nomination

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Production

Art Direction:
Rudi Feld

Director:
Hugo Haas

Director of Photography:
Paul Ivano

Editor:
W.L. Bagier

Makeup Artist:
Dave Grayson

Novel:
Josef Kopta

Original Music Composer:
Harold Byrns

Producer:
Hugo Haas

Screenplay:
Arnold Lipp
Hugo Haas

Sound Recordist:
John R. Carter

Wardrobe Master:
Izzy Berne

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