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Pickup on South Street
How the law took a chance on a B-girl … and won!
How the law took a chance on a B-girl … and won!
Crime, Thriller - 1953
Pickup on South Street
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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. Unaware that she has been making deliveries of highly classified information to the communists, Candy, who has been trailed by FBI agents for months in hopes of nabbing the spy ringleader, is sent by her ex-boyfriend, Joey, to find Skip and retrieve the valuable microfilm he now holds.
Director:
,
Samuel Fuller
Cast:
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Thelma Ritter
,
Richard Widmark
,
Jean Peters
,
Murvyn Vye
,
Richard Kiley
,
Willis Bouchey
,
Milburn Stone
,
Parley Baer
,
Frank Kumagai
,
Chet Brandenburg

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Details

Runtime:
80 min
Release date:
27 May 1953
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$780,000
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 2 wins & 3 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

rotten:
Pickup for the most part falls flat on its face and borders on presumably unintended, comedy.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
1 Dec 2008
rotten:
Sam Fuller, who wrote it and directed, appears to have been more concerned with firing a barrage of sensations than with telling a story to be believed.
– Bosley Crowther,
New York Times,
25 Mar 2006
fresh:
It isn't his best, but this 1953 feature may be the archetypal Sam Fuller film, a condensation of his themes and techniques with the steam still rising.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
2 Oct 2002
fresh:
Perhaps finally flawed by its overt political assumptions, but the film remains a desperate kind of masterpiece.
– ,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
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