Friday, September 9, 2022

Thursday, September 8 - Pickup

Pickup (1951)

Hugo Haas plays Jan "Hunky" Horak, a hard-of-hearing (suddenly struck deaf) railroad dispatcher who lives in a poor neighborhood by the railroad tracks and is seduced by Betty (Michaels), who is after his money. After they marry, Betty and her lover Steve Kowalski (Nixon) scheme to murder him. But in a chance accident, Jan regains his hearing and discovers their plot. Steve has a last-minute change of heart and Betty leaves, disgusted with Steve's inaction.

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