Pickup on South Street

directed by Samuel Fuller
Category: "Suspense"
Year of Release:1953
Date Added:11/29/2010
Date Watched:11/30/2010
Description:Pickpocket Skip McCoy (Richard Widmark) grabs a wallet from Candy (Jean Peters) on the subway. The wallet contains a strip of microfilm. Candy's boyfriend told her it was industrial secrets — she doesn't realize it's government documents that were on their way to the Communists. Candy tracks down Skip to get the film back and falls in love with him. When she realizes what the film really is, she tells the police. Skip helps track down the Communists and hands over the film — clearing his record.
My Rating:6

Reviews for Pickup on South Street

Review - Pickup on South Street

Supposed to be a Noir classic, but I thought it was pretty goofy. Skip lived in a shack on the waterfront that didn't have a complete floor or glass in the windows. They have bad weather in New York, right? And Candy fell in love with him when she didn't know anything more about him than that he picked her purse and slugged her in the jaw. Right.

Reviewed by Roger on 2010-11-29 20:54:17

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