-
All our servers are currently overloaded. Please try again later or get our premium subscription.Get PremiumRefresh page
We are currently experiencing technical difficulties with our servers. We hope to have this resolved soon. This issue doesn't affect premium users.Get PremiumWatch on MixDrop/MyStreamPickup on South Street
TrailerA pickpocket inadvertently takes a piece of top secret microfilm of a Communist agent when he intends to pick a purse for money. From that very moment, his death is seemingly warranted, since he becomes the prime target of the Communist spy ring.Actors: Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter, Murvyn Vye, Richard Kiley, Willis Bouchey, Milburn Stone, Parley Baer, George Berkeley, Chet Brandenburg, Virginia Carroll, ...»Director: Samuel FullerCountry: United StatesDuration: 80 minQuality: HDRelease: 1953IMDb: 7.6Rating(0) Voted0 CommentsSort By- Newest
- Oldest
Keywords: -
Actors of "Pickup on South Street"
-
Characters of "Pickup on South Street"
Skip McCoyPlayed by: Richard Widmark
CandyPlayed by: Jean Peters
Moe WilliamsPlayed by: Thelma Ritter
Capt. Dan TigerPlayed by: Murvyn Vye
JoeyPlayed by: Richard Kiley
ZaraPlayed by: Willis Bouchey -
Directors of "Pickup on South Street"
-
Creators of "Pickup on South Street"
-
Critic Reviews of "Pickup on South Street"
Village VoiceMay 26, 2015As good as are Widmark, with his proto-Method grin, and Peters, with her tawny, untutored naturalism, this is Thelma Ritter's movie. She transforms what could have been no more than a colorful eccentric to a figure of unshakable dignity.
New YorkerMay 25, 2015Fuller's pugnacious direction and his gutter-up view of city life romanticize both the criminal code of honor and the jangling paranoia of global plots; his hard-edged long takes depict underworld cruelty with reportorial wonder ...
VarietyDecember 01, 2008Pickup for the most part falls flat on its face and borders on presumably unintended, comedy.
New York TimesMarch 25, 2006Sam 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.
Time OutFebruary 09, 2006Perhaps finally flawed by its overt political assumptions, but the film remains a desperate kind of masterpiece.
Chicago ReaderOctober 02, 2002It 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.
The SkinnySeptember 01, 2015Like a spiky romantic comedy got stuck in one of the 1950s' bleakest visions of humanity - and it somehow all works magnificently.
Slant MagazineMay 25, 2015Samuel Fuller's a master of unpretentious hot-house poetry, and that theoretical contradiction of terms gives one an idea of the irresolvable, elegantly compact flourishes that abound in his films.
CinePassionDecember 22, 2014Cold War anxiety merely heightens the already-combustible fabric of everyday America in Samuel Fuller's two-fisted masterpiece
ColeSmithey.comMay 14, 2009Almost perfect.
TV GuideMarch 27, 2009Both Widmark and Peters are superb, but it is Ritter, as the seedy but much-loved Moe, who gives the film its emotional punch.
-
Gallery of "Pickup on South Street"
Do you have a video playback issues?
Please disable AdBlocker in your browser for our website.
Due to a high volume of active users and service overload, we had to decrease the quality of video streaming. Premium users remains with the highest video quality available. Sorry for the inconvinience it may cause. Donate to keep project running.
