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© DR - PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET de Samuel Fuller (1953) p23
28/03/2013 10:56
Grifters, B-girls, secret microfilm: great ingredients for film noir...
Author: moonspinner55 from las vegas, nv
29 October 2005
Director Samuel Fuller concocts a brilliant visual set-up to this gritty story: cocky pickpocket unwittingly lifts some microfilm from a woman's purse; it turns out she's a courier for the Communists, and now they are both being watched by the police. The noir formula in all its 1950s glory--before the ingredients became clichés--including waterfront locales, floozies, saxophones on the soundtrack, and one hell of a climactic fistfight. Performances by Richard Widmark and Jean Peters are right on target, and the smart, sharp script is quite colorful. Fabulous Thelma Ritter received an Oscar nomination for knockout supporting role as a "professional stoolie". Exciting, atmospheric, tough as nails. *** from ****
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© DR - PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET de Samuel Fuller (1953) p24
28/03/2013 11:09
Richard Kiley : Joey (excellent acteur également)
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Thelma Ritter kicks butt in Pickup on South Street
Author: (banse@netzero.net) from Deltona, Florida
21 June 2001
Directed by Samuel Fuller, who also wrote the screenplay, Pickup on South Street is a tough, brutal, well made film about a pickpocket (Richard Widmark) who inadvertently aquires top-secret microfilm and becomes a target for espionage agents. Also involved are Jean Peters as a tough broad who is used as a courier by her evil ex-lover Richard Kiley. It's film-noir at its best and although the performances are very good its grand character actress Thelma Ritter who steals the movie. As Moe a weary street peddler selling neck ties (and who also sells information) she is terrific in a role that brought her another Oscar nomination. Its amazing that Miss Ritter was nominated six times for an Academy Award and she never won. This should have been the role that copped it for her!
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© DR - PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET de Samuel Fuller (1953) p25
28/03/2013 11:27
- "Bon voilà...j't'ai ramené ta saleté d'film!"
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Film Noir at it's FINEST! Yippee!!
Author: DJAkin (donjakin@yahoo.com) from AZ
22 January 2002
I watched this last night on TV (HBO). I have to admit, that the tension in this movie was unsurpassed by most other FN era movies. I loved the way Chip would be all calm one moment and then VIOLENT the very next moment. It was classic. Ahh yes. The dames, the villians, the cigars and thuggish cops! It has it all. This movie delivered all the goods to me. I especially loved the way they mixed communism into the plot, very common for this era of movie. Very daring also since blacklisting was popular in those days. I rate this movie one of the best I have seen in the FN genre!
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© DR - PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET de Samuel Fuller (1953) p26
28/03/2013 11:41
Terrific film-noir political thriller
Author: perfectbond
11 April 2003
I really enjoyed this film. All aspects of the film were top notch including the most important, for me anyway, the screenplay and the acting. This is definitely one of Richard Widmark's strongest roles. He is totally convincing in his performance. Just out of curiosity, imagine how Humphrey Bogart or Robert Mitchum might have tackled this role.(Tss tss tss...Widmark est parfait) This is my first exposure to Jean Peter's work that I can remember. She impressed so much here that I will definitely be on the lookout for her other work.* Thelma Ritter,in an unglamourous role,deserved the Oscar nomination she received for playing the informant This film works on every level.The black and white photography is perfectly appropriate and the story hooks the viewer right from the beginning. Widmark and Peters have great chemistry in their difficult romance. Strongly recommended, 9/10.
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Voui mais Jean Peters malheureusement....Par contre Thelma Ritter tu peux y aller mec :elle n'a pas le physique mais elle est grande dans tous ses rôles
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© DR - PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET de Samuel Fuller (1953) p27
28/03/2013 12:00
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