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Petty crook Skip McCoy (Richard Widmark) has his eyes fixed on the big score. When the cocky three-time convict picks the pocketbook of unsuspecting Candy (Jean Peters), he finds a more spectacular haul than he could have imagined: a strip of microfilm bearing confidential U.S. information. Tailed by manipulative Feds and the unwitting courier’s Communist puppeteers, Skip and Candy find themselves in a precarious gambit that pits greed against redemption, right against Red, and passion against self-preservation. With its dazzling cast and writer-director Samuel Fuller’s signature hard-boiled repartee and raw energy, Pickup on South Street is a true film noir classic by one of America’s most passionate cinematic craftspeople.
FILM INFO
Samuel Fuller
United States
1953
80 minutes
Black & White
1.33:1
English
Spine #224
SPECIAL FEATURES
On the Blu-ray: New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
On the DVD: High-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound
New interview with critic Imogen Sara Smith, author of In Lonely Places: Film Noir Beyond the City (Blu-ray only)
Interview from 1989 with director Samuel Fuller, conducted by film critic Richard Schickel
Cinéma cinémas: Fuller, a 1982 French television program in which the director discusses the making of the film
Illustrated biographical essay on Fuller (DVD only)
Complete Fuller poster filmography (DVD only)
Stills galleries of photos, lobby cards, and original paintings (DVD only)
Trailers
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
PLUS: An essay by critic Angelica Jade Bastién and a chapter from Fuller’s posthumously published 2002 autobiography, A Third Face: My Tale of Writing, Fighting, and Filmmaking, for the Blu-ray; essays by Martin Scorsese and acclaimed cultural historian Luc Sante for the DVD
Blu-ray cover by Eric Skillman (pictured); DVD cover by Lucien S. Y. Yang
June 29. 2021