Pick-up (1933)
The scheme of a pair of married con artists goes awry when their victim dies, and they are both caught and imprisoned. When she gets out of prison, she tries to put her life back together.
Top billed cast
Sylvia SidneyMary Richards
George RaftHarry Glynn
Lilian BondMuriel Stevens (as Lillian Bond)
William HarriganJim Richards
Clarence WilsonSam Foster
Brooks BenedictTony
Robert McWadeJerome Turner
Purnell PrattProsecuting Attorney
Charles MiddletonMr. Brewster
Oscar ApfelThe Warden
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