Pickup

Pickup (1951) on 123movies: drama and crime film starring Hugo Haas and Beverly Michaels. Plot summary, full cast and release details. 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."