Product Information
Candy's wallet is stolen whilst on her way to deliver a piece of film which contains what she believes to be corporate secrets. It actually contains government secrets and the police have been watching the theft...Product Identifiers
EAN5060034571155
eBay Product ID (ePID)30797918
Product Key Features
ActorThelma Ritter, Richard Widmark, Murvyn Vye, Jean Peters
Film/TV TitlePickup on South Street
DirectorSamuel Fuller
Release Year2004
FeaturesBlack & White
GenreThriller, General
Additional Product Features
CertificatePG
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
Number of Discs1
Additional InformationThis film noir classic plays on America's paranoia about a Communist takeover in the 1950s. Dwelling in a neon-lit nightscape are: a pickpocket, Skip McCoy; an abused dame, Candy; a seen-it-all stoolie, Moe; Joey, Candy's violent boyfriend and Communist plotter; shifty G-Men; cynical cops; and a whole nest of vipers in fedoras and trenchcoats. Joey forces Candy to deliver a secret package for him. Then Skip snatches Candy's purse and inadvertently takes a cryptic film that some underground Reds have stolen. A pair of Feds tracking the film's whereabouts witness the pickpocket and close in on him. But Skip first considers cutting a deal with the Communists. Then he realises that several parties are interested in the film--and some are even willing to kill for it! Thelma Ritter was nominated for an Oscar for her performance.
Movie/TV TitlePickup On South Street