Watch: Pickup on South Street 1953 123movies, Full Movie Online – On a crowded subway, Skip McCoy picks the purse of Candy. Among his take, although he does not know it at the time, is a piece of top-secret microfilm that was being passed by Candy’s consort, a Communist agent. Candy discovers the whereabouts of the film through Moe Williams, a police informer. She attempts to seduce McCoy to recover the film. She fails to get back the film and falls in love with him. The desperate agent exterminates Moe and savagely beats Candy. McCoy, now goaded into action, confronts the agent in a particularly brutal fight in a subway..
Plot: 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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Maybe Fuller’s best film
The best of the seven Sam Fuller movies that I’ve seen (including Park Row, Run of the Arrow, Verboten!, Shock Corridor, The Naked Kiss, The Big Red One, and this film), Pickup on South Street counts as one of the best film noirs. It represents Fuller at his most controlled. I like him when he’s out of control, of course, but nearly everything in Pickup is perfect. The film is absolutely beautiful. Richard Widmark stars as a pickpocket who steals some microfilm that was meant to go to communist spies. Jean Peters plays the woman who was carrying the film for her boyfriend, played by Richard Kiley. Peters is forced to find Widmark and get it back. She finds him through a stool pigeon played by Thelma Ritter. Widmark and Peters are attracted to each other, which changes Peters loyalties (that, and the fact that she learns she’s working for communists; the Cold War stuff is really interesting). The love story is done a little quickly and not entirely believable, but it’s not so bad that it harms the film (unlike Fuller’s previous film, Park Row). Richard Widmark is great. This must be one of his best roles, but I’m not so familiar with his career that I can say that for sure. Thelma Ritter gives the most memorable performance. Her role gives the film an unexpected emotional resonance, and her final scene in this film is as touching as any you will find in the cinema. I will never forget that. 10/10.
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 20 min (80 min), 1 hr 15 min (75 min) (DVD) (Spain)
Budget 780000
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Passed
Genre Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
Director Samuel Fuller
Writer Samuel Fuller, Dwight Taylor
Actors Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter
Country United States
Awards Nominated for 1 Oscar. 2 wins & 3 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A
Sound Mix Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Aspect Ratio 1.37 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory 20th Century-Fox Studio Laboratory, Los Angeles (CA), USA
Film Length 2,202 m (8 reels)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm