Pickup
They gave her a bad name... and she lived up to it!
Directed by Hugo Haas
Produced by Hugo Haas Productions, Columbia Pictures
A noir-inflected B-movie about a lonely widower ensnared by a manipulative femme fatale, built on betrayal, greed, and the dark consequences of desire.
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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