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Pickup on South Street (1953)

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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Antônio J 02 Nov 2007

Vintage Noir from one of the World's finest auteurs.

Daryl C 11 Aug 2008

What a mix-up! PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET was released by 20th Century Fox in 1953; PICKPOCKET is Bresson's movie that was released in 1959. The picture shown is a poster from PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET, which remains one of the great Sam Fuller movies. What's amazing about the movie is how funny it is: the idea that this is supposed to be a serious anti-Communist melodrama pretty much gets shot down in the first few minutes. "What do you think I am, a Commie?" is one of the lines often repeated, and it's hilarious because the people saying these things are a stoolie and a hooker: they may be lowlifes, but there's something lower than they are, and that's "Commies"! In terms of the visual style, this is a very instructive movie, because it shows how to utilize low-budget restraints: Fuller keeps a lot of the action in almost suffocating close-up, and uses shadows to suggest space. This is the kind of movie that seems to sucker-punch the viewer, but it's hard to resist.

Michael L 02 Jun 2007

A good place to start if you are new to Samuel Fuller. Awesome performance Thelma Ritter.

Touko H 22 Oct 2007

"Don't wave the flag at me." What I love about fuller is his ability to portray offbeat characters caught in the cracks between massive social forces. Widmark proves a perfect actor for the task, carrying one of the best noir films ever made.

Scott R 17 Jun 2017

Sam Fuller wrote and directed this urban noir with a 50's look-on-the-bright-side ending as lowlife-cause-society-made-me-that-way scuzzball Widmark pickpockets a pretty girl on the subway and unknowingly falls into a commie plot against the U.S. Will he go for the gold or be a Yankee Doodle teamplayer? As we mull this over there's Jean Peters as the girl who knows better (but still hopes for an out) as the bone of contention and Thelma Ritter as the angel on his shoulder. Ritter has one scene alone that makes the whole film worthwhile, but the whole production is certified good, and one of those films you wish you was in.