Hugo Haas
Jan 'Hunky' Horak
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Pickup is a 1951 American low-budget film noir starring Hugo Haas, Beverly Michaels, Allan Nixon and Howland Chamberlain. Written and directed by Haas, a Czech actor and filmmaker, it was his first American film behind the camera.
Pickup: Directed by Hugo Haas. With Hugo Haas, Beverly Michaels, Allan Nixon, Howland Chamberlain. A lonely widowers life changes when he marries a young woman who resents his frugal ways and hatches a plan to murder him.
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- Drama, Film-Noir
- Hugo Haas
- 1951-07-24
Oct 6, 2022 · Pickup (1951) is often compared to the famous 1946 film noir, The Postman Always Rings Twice, which was based on James M Cain's 1934 novel of the same name. However, Pickup was actually a ...
- 77 min
- 66.8K
- Bizarre Noir
Brief Synopsis. 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.
- Hugo Haas, Louis Brandt
- Hugo Haas
A lonely widowers life changes when he marries a young woman who resents his frugal ways and hatches a plan to murder him. An older immigrant widower with a lonely, isolated life running a railroad water stop in the desert falls for a much younger beauty.
Overview. 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." Hugo Haas.
Beverly Michaels stars as Betty, a small time hustler on the make, so desperate for a place to live that she marries the much older Hunky, a good-hearted railroad worker played by Haas himself, because he's a)kind, and b)has a house. When Hunky suddenly goes deaf, things get complicated and,… more.
