#224: FULLER, Samuel: Pickup On South Street (1953)

FULLER, Samuel (United States)

Pickup On South Street [1953]

Spine #224
DVD

Petty crook Skip McCoy (Richard Widmark) has his eyes fixed on the big score. When the cocky three-time convict picks the pocketbook of unsuspecting Candy (Jean Peters), he finds a haul bigger than he could have imagined: a strip of microfilm bearing confidential U.S. secrets. Tailed by manipulative Feds and the unwitting courier's Communist puppeteers, Skip and Candy find themselves in a precarious gambit that pits greed against redemption, Right versus Red, and passion against self-preservation. With its dazzling cast and director Samuel Fuller's signature raw energy and hardboiled repartee, Pickup on South Street is a true film noir classic by one of America's most passionate cinematic craftsmen.

80 minutes
Black & White

Monaural

1:33:1 aspect ratio

Criterion Release 2004

Director/Writers

From a story by Dwight Taylor.

Samuel Fuller was 39 when he wrote and directed Pickup on South Street.

Other Fuller films in the Collection:

Eclipse Series 5: I Shot Jesse James (1949)
Eclipse Series 5: The Baron Of Arizona (1950)
Eclipse Series 5: The Steel Helmet (1951)
#954: Forty Guns (1957)
#19: Shock Corridor (1963)
#18: The Naked Kiss (1964)
#455: White Dog (1982)

The Film

Film Rating (0-60):

60

The Extras

The Booklet

Twenty-two page booklet featuring essays by Martin Scorsese, Luc Sante, and Fuller.

Commentary

None.

Video interview

With Fuller, made by renowned film critic Richard Schickel.

Cinéma Cinéma: Fuller

French television show with Fuller discussing the making of the film.

Illustrated

Biographical essay on Fuller.

Complete

Fuller poster filmogoraphy.

Trailers

For eight Fuller films.

Extras Rating (0-40):

39

60 + 39 =

99

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