Pick-Up (1933 film)

Pick-Up is a 1933 American pre-Code crime film directed by Marion Gering and starring Sylvia Sidney and George Raft.

She had been convicted with her husband, Jim, who created a badger game that she unwittingly participated in, and after their victim committed suicide.

When she's let out (Jim remains) she has no resources, and she ducks into a cab driven by Harry Glynn to get out of the rain.

Believing she wouldn't accept his help, he makes the lawyer promise not to tell Mary that Harry is paying his fees.

[8] The posters' Pre-Code tagline was "Pick-Up will make Bad Girl look like Sweet Sue from Keokuk!"

[9] The New York Times called it "a good example of a mediocre story which derives a measure of effectiveness from the engaging personalities of its stars.

Poster for Pick-Up , starring Sylvia Sidney