A lonely widowers life changes when he marries a young woman who resents his frugal ways and hatches a plan to murder him.A lonely widowers life changes when he marries a young woman who resents his frugal ways and hatches a plan to murder him.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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- TriviaA "Hunky" was a nickname for Hungarian people used at the time of this film. Mostly it was used in a derogatory manner.
- Goofs(at around 53 mins) Steve asks Jan (still believing Jan cannot hear) if he wants to play gin rummy, sits down at the table, and puts the deck of cards in front of Jan. Jan cuts the deck, so Steve takes the cards back to deal, but he deals too many cards. (In gin rummy, each player is supposed to be dealt 10 cards with the 21st card being placed face-up to begin play.) Steve deals 13 cards to Jan and 12 to himself, telling Jan to "throw first"; this may be a local variant of the game instead of beginning with a face-up card; however, the excess cards dealt is an error.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Dungeon Girl (2008)
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The one about the golddigger who marries an older man
Hugo Haas stars with Beverly Michaels in "Pickup" from 1951.
Haas plays Jan Horak, a widower, a frugal one, who catches the eye of golddigger Betty (Beverly Michaels) at a carnival. She gets a meal out of him, but when she sees where he lives near the railroad tracks -he's a track manager - she loses interest. Then she happens upon his bank book that has $7300 - $76,000 in 2021 money.
Wedding bells soon chime, along with boredom, misery, and an attractive suitor (Alan Nixon). Things look up when Jan loses his hearing - well, if he can't hear the trains, maybe he can collect his pension and they can move to town, get a house, and she can be bored in a better situation.
At some point, though, Jan gets his hearing back and overhears the things she says about him to his colleague (her boyfriend).
This is a fun movie. There was something warm and pathetic about Hugo Haas, and he does a good job here. Someone compared Michael to Ann Savage - that's about right. She has a low, mean voice, a pouty mouth, and she's trash with a capital T.
Haas made low budget movies and is best known for his association with Cleo Moore. For B noirs, you can't beat him.
Haas plays Jan Horak, a widower, a frugal one, who catches the eye of golddigger Betty (Beverly Michaels) at a carnival. She gets a meal out of him, but when she sees where he lives near the railroad tracks -he's a track manager - she loses interest. Then she happens upon his bank book that has $7300 - $76,000 in 2021 money.
Wedding bells soon chime, along with boredom, misery, and an attractive suitor (Alan Nixon). Things look up when Jan loses his hearing - well, if he can't hear the trains, maybe he can collect his pension and they can move to town, get a house, and she can be bored in a better situation.
At some point, though, Jan gets his hearing back and overhears the things she says about him to his colleague (her boyfriend).
This is a fun movie. There was something warm and pathetic about Hugo Haas, and he does a good job here. Someone compared Michael to Ann Savage - that's about right. She has a low, mean voice, a pouty mouth, and she's trash with a capital T.
Haas made low budget movies and is best known for his association with Cleo Moore. For B noirs, you can't beat him.
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- Sep 14, 2021
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