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Actors: Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter, Richard Kiley
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Pickup on South Street |
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PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET is a movie written and directed by Samuel Fuller in 1953. It was nominated for the Golden Lion of the Venice Film Festival and Thelma Ritter earned a nomination for the 1954 Academy award in the Best Actress in a Supporting role category.
Skip McCoy, a professional pickpocket, steals Candy's wallet which contains a microfilm with state secrets. Candy had been told by her ex-boy-friend, a communist activist, to deliver the film to a smuggler. Unfortunately for Skip, Candy was watched by the F.B.I. as he stole her wallet.
Soon, the F.B.I., the NYC police forces as well as Candy's employers want Skip to reveal where he's hidden the wallet. The young woman and Skip Mc Coy will however fall in love in the middle of the turmoil the pickpocket has unintentionally created.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Pickup on South Street |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Spying & Terrorists
Yes
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- criminal/victim falls in love with victim/criminal
If this is a criminal POV story...
- white collar fraud/con man
Romance
Yes
The terrorist enemy is...
- commies!
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- thief/con artist
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly
Body type
- ample bosom & buttocks (woman)
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- a criminal organization
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Setting
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
Misc setting
- sewers/subways
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 1
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Check here if B&W
Yes
Any profanity?
- None
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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