Pickup on South Street (1953)
Directed by Samuel Fuller · 80 min · Thriller, Crime
44.4 TOPICAL score · #2,333 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
Pickup on South Street (1953, directed by Samuel Fuller) has a TOPICAL score of 44.4 - ranked 2,333 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on historical impact and critics, and lowest on cast. It won 0 awards from 1 nomination. Critics: 92% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.7/10 critics' average. Audiences: TMDB 7.4/10 (335 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 21 languages, and the Library of Congress chose it for the National Film Registry.
Why this score
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- Critics92% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.7/10 critics' average
- AudienceTMDB 7.4/10 (335 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 1 nomination
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 21 languages · National Film Registry
- Still read6,203 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Richard Widmark (actor #876), Jean Peters (actor #1,839), Thelma Ritter (actor #830), Murvyn Vye