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Nebs
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 Pickup on South Street Pickup on South Street Quote: Pickup on South Street (1953) is writer-director Samuel Fuller's film noir released by the 20th Century Fox studio. The film stars Richard Widmark, Jean Peters and Thelma Ritter.
In June 1954, Ritter co-starred alongside Terry Moore and Stephen McNally in a Lux Radio Theatre presentation of the story. 20th Century Fox remade the picture in 1967 as The Cape Town Affair, directed by Robert D. Webb and starring Claire Trevor (in the Thelma Ritter role), James Brolin (in his first leading role), and Jacqueline Bisset.
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trixster
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Re: Pickup on South Street Fairly standard stuff, I thought. No more explicitly violent than The Big Heat, for instance, and no more explicitly political than Kiss Me Deadly. Just a solid film noir. It also feels rather light.
Richard Widmark just oozes coolness, though. He's the man.
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Johnny Dollar
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Re: Pickup on South Street This one is tight and smart and all the other words that describe top-notch movies.
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Johnny Dollar
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Re: Pickup on South Street I agree it feels light. That's part of its success. It's so sure-footed and unpretentious. That's Sam Fuller for ya.
And how about Thelma Ritter's work here? She was never better.
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