Pickup on South Street
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Pickup on South Street

Year:
Duration:
80 min | Spain:75 min (DVD)
Genres:
Crime | Film-Noir | Thriller
IMDB rate:
7.8
Director:
Samuel Fuller
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 1 nomination
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1953-08-01
Cast
Actor
Character
Richard Widmark
Skip McCoy
Jean Peters
Candy
Thelma Ritter
Moe Williams
Murvyn Vye
Captain Dan Tiger
Richard Kiley
Joey
Willis Bouchey
Zara
Milburn Stone
Detective Winoki
Parley Baer
Headquarters Communist in Chair (uncredited)
George Berkeley
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Virginia Carroll
Nurse (uncredited)
Harry Carter
Detective Dietrich (uncredited)
Heinie Conklin
Subway Passenger (uncredited)
Clancy Cooper
Detective Eddie (uncredited)
George Eldredge
Fenton (uncredited)
John Gallaudet
Detective Lt. Campion (uncredited)
Robert Haines
Library Worker (uncredited)
Frank Kumagai
Lum (uncredited)
Jay Loft-Lyn
Microfilm Library Clerk (uncredited)
King Mojave
Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
Ray Montgomery
FBI Agent Ray (uncredited)
Ralph Moody
Coffin Boat Captain (uncredited)
Roger Moore
Mr. Victor (uncredited)
Jerry O'Sullivan
FBI Agent Enyart (uncredited)
Vic Perry
Lightning Louie aka Godkin (uncredited)
Stuart Randall
Police Commissioner (uncredited)
Alan Reed
Detective (uncredited)
Maurice Samuels
Peddler (uncredited)
Ray Stevens
FBI Agent (uncredited)
George E. Stone
Willie - Police Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook
Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
Wilson Wood
Police Driver (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
Marilyn Monroe sat in on a rehearsal and actually read for the role of Candy. While Fuller liked her very much, he said she was wrong for the part, telling her that her "overwhelming sensuality" was wrong for the story.
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When Candy lights a cigarette in an early scene, the matchbook cover reads "Park Row"--which was the title of Fuller's previous film.
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Sam Fuller was working on the set of Hell and High Water (1954)' when Tyrone Power came on the set with a copy of the Los Angeles Times announcing that Pickup on South Street (1953) had won the Bronze Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
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Goofs
At one point, Candy refers to an address in New York City on Houston Street (pronouncing it like John Huston or the Texas city). In reality, the street is pronounced "House-ton" - something known to every New Yorker.
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Within hours after Moe is shot, authorities ferry her body to a pauper's grave in middle of the night. This would not allow time to examine body, fill out death certificate or even check to see if there was any next of kin.
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When Skip and Joey fight in the subway station, they are fighting in a cleared area near the ticket office and then the next two shots show them confined by exit railings near the newspaper stand and then the next shot cuts back to the open area.
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Quotes
Moe Williams: Listen, Mister. When I come in here tonight, you seen an old clock runnin' down. I'm tired. I'm through. Happens to everybody sometime. It'll happen to you too, someday. With me it's a little bit of everything. Backaches and headaches. I can't sleep nights. It's so hard to get up in the morning, and get dressed and walk the streets. Climb the stairs. I go right on doin' it! Well, what am I gonna do, knock it? I have to go on makin' a livin'... so I can die. But even a fancy funeral ain't worth waitin' fer if I gotta do bus'ness with crumbs like you.
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Candy: You've been recommended as the best pickpocket stoolie in the business.
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Moe Williams: What's the matter with you? Playing footsie with the Commies!
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Photos from cast
Henry Slate
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