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Cleo Moore replaces Beverly Michaels ,but both actresses play the same role : to spark off the middle-age lust ; "pick up "took place in a seedy place which looked onto the railroad track whereas " strange fascination" is located in the chic artistic milieu .

Haas is a famous pianist whose career is flourishing ; it's the story of his downfall ,the story being a long flashback; Moore 's dancing act is marred by the star's noise and revenge is a dish best eaten cold ,although she's a go-getter too ; she's less crude than Michaels ' bad gal in "pick up " ,and anyway she's in love with her partner Carlo; the flood which ruins the musician's career echoes to another flood of desire : once Margo entered his life,the game is up ,and one sees the failed artist going at a peak of masochism (latent in "pickup")when he gazes at the press,and in the pathetic last ovation.