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02/09/06
Pickup on South Street (1953)
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Reviews Counted: 17
Fresh: 16
Rotten:1
Average Rating: 7.9/10
Runtime: 81 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: This 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... [More]
Starring: Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter, Richard Kiley
Director: Samuel Fuller
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03/25/06
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80 minutes of breathless genre fun infused with pure, uninhibited passion.
05/04/05
Engagingly captures the hysteria over Reds and the underworld scene of the early 1950s.
02/06/05
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07/20/04
The 1953 picture does a nice job capturing the mentality of the Cold War United States.
06/03/04
Fuller [took] genuine chances, [creating] moments of power unequaled by many more respectable directors.
04/12/04
One of Fuller's few studio-financed pictures, this bruising, brutal movie still manages to emanate waves of B-movie street cred at every juncture.
03/03/04
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