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Pickup on South Street

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1953
1h 20m
English
Thriller, Crime
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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.
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7.7
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Cast

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Richard Widmark
Skip McCoy
Jean Peters
Thelma Ritter
Moe Williams
Murvyn Vye
Captain Dan Tiger
Richard Kiley
Willis Bouchey
Milburn Stone
Detective Winoki
Parley Baer
Headquarters Communist in Chair (un...
Chet Brandenburg
Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Frank Kumagai
Lum (uncredited)
Virginia Carroll
Nurse (uncredited)
Harry Carter
Detective Dietrich (uncredited)
Clancy Cooper
Detective Eddie (uncredited)
Henry Slate
Detective MacGregor (uncredited)
Heinie Conklin
Subway Passenger (uncredited)
George Eldredge
Fenton (uncredited)
John Gallaudet
Detective Lieutenant Campion (uncre...
Alan Reed
Detective (uncredited)
Robert Haines
Library Worker (uncredited)
Jay LoftLyn
Microfilm Library Clerk (uncredited...
Ray Montgomery
Ray, FBI Agent (uncredited)
Jerry OSullivan
FBI Agent Enyart (uncredited)
Ray Stevens
FBI Agent (uncredited)
Ralph Moody
Coffin Boat Captain (uncredited)
Roger Moore
Mr. Victor (uncredited)
Directed By: Samuel Fuller
Written By: Samuel Fuller (Screenplay), Dwight Taylor (Story)

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soonertbone says...
10 months ago
Crime movie involving a Communist plot to smuggle a MacGuffin that mostly works well, despite some odd romance scenes. The editing feels fresh and modern, and Thelma Ritter is a damn delight.
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alexlimberg says...
3 years ago
B/W looks good. Plot is okay. Actors are good. It's certainly not an awesome movie but it ain't bad either. Best part *the shack w/o electricity but with a breathtaking view *men in suits - even hobos wear suits *the old fashioned vocab of cops and crooks I don't believe the central idea though: how can she start to like McCoy?
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Juliosoft says...
4 years ago
He stole what he shouldn't have, has never been so true. We liked it a lot. Thelma Ritter is a scene stealer
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smallclone says...
7 years ago
Classic Noir thriller directed by samuel Fuller. The different characters are intoxicating and the lighting is lovely. I couldn't help thinking of the Cohen Brothers being inspired to borrow from the likes of this while making 'The Man who wasn't there'. The plot is simple yet works. The viewer starts to root for the 'loveable rogues' and the script reminds us of this by telling us things like "a man's got to eat" etc. Although the ending is a little unsatisfying it's a very decent bit of noir
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CinemaSerf
one year ago
Richard Widmark is quite effective in this quickly paced espionage thriller. He's a petty thief whom we see lifting something from a woman's purse on a busy subway train. He's not the only one watching her, though, and as he makes his exit he narrowly avoids capture the police. Why are others watchi More
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John Chard
6 years ago
Forget the communist fervour and delve deeper.

Skip McCoy is a three time loser pick pocket, unable to curb his instincts back on the street, he picks the purse of Candy on a subway train. What he doesn't realise is that Candy is carrying top secret microfilm, microfilm that is of high interest More
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