Pickup

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

as Jan 'Hunky' Horak

Beverly Michaels

as Betty Horak

Allan Nixon

as Steve Kowalski

Howland Chamberlain

as 'The Professor', tramp

Jo-Carroll Dennison

as Irma, Betty's friend

Bernard Gorcey

as Peddler with Dog

Mark Lowell

as Counter-man

Jack Daley

as Company Doctor

Art Lewis

as The Motorist

Marjorie Beckett

as Woman In Crowd

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