Film195380 min

Pickup on South Street

Name: Pickup on South Street
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Released: 1953
Duration: 80 min
Cast: Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter, Murvyn Vye, Richard Kiley

Taste attributes: crimethrillerhistoricalespionagemysterydramafresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticintricatelinearbig & variedall consuming questcomplex relationshipfighting evilrescue/escape/jeopardysolving the riddle/not as it seemsunderdog triumphs

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"How the law took a chance on a B-girl … and won!"

Boxlist takeSerious and intricate: an unsavoury crime thriller, big and varied rather than confined. Best if you like puzzles over plain sailing.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: intricate · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

Quality rating

7.5 /10

TMDB · 183 votes

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What lines up

Intricacy: Smart / intricate, just how this profile likes it
Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it
Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Emotional punch: Balanced emotional punch, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
Setting / scale: Big / varied, where this profile leans small / confined

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Synopsis

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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