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Pickup on South Street is a 1953 Cold War spy-themed film noir written and directed by Samuel Fuller, and released by 20th Century-Fox. In 2018, Pickup on South Street was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
Pickup on South Street: Directed by Samuel Fuller. With Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter, Murvyn Vye. A pickpocket unwittingly lifts a message destined for enemy agents and becomes a target for a Communist spy ring.
Jan 4, 2011 · Pickup on South Street. A 1953 film noir directed by Samuel Fuller. [quiet orchestral music] [film winding] It's a tale of two conflicting New York. underworlds: criminal and...
When the cocky three-time convict picks the pocketbook of unsuspecting Candy (Jean Peters), he finds a more spectacular haul than he could have imagined: a strip of microfilm bearing confidential U.S. information.
Powerfully acted and satisfyingly dark, Pickup on South Street is a Cold War noir that moves confidently to the rhythm of city street life. Read Critics Reviews
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May 21, 2015 · Pickup on South Street. Samuel Fuller’s bilious, streetwise drama, from 1953, links sex and politics, romance and violence, crafty cynicism and threadbare sentiment.
Jan 29, 2020 · Pickup on South Street is a 1953 Cold War spy film noir written and directed by Samuel Fuller. The film stars Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, and Thelma Ritter....
May 25, 2015 · Samuel Fuller’s Pickup on South Street opens with a striking omission of dialogue and score, heightening our awareness of the film’s pared-down compositions and its diamond-hard editing rhythms. On a New York City subway train, a beautiful woman, Candy (Jean Peters), is scrutinized by two men who are obviously tailing her.
In New York City, an insolent pickpocket, Skip McCoy, inadvertently sets off a chain of events when he targets ex-prostitute Candy and steals her wallet.
Sep 10, 2012 · A superb thriller dismissed by many as a McCarthyist tract on its first appearance. Nominally about the hunting of Commie spies, it broadens to probe the hysterical New York underworld of the...
