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    Pickup on South Street

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    This dandy SAMUEL FULLER film noir from 1953 is absolutely worth your time. It is set during the McCarthy hearings of Communist infiltration in the U. S., all sorts of stars and celebrities on the chopping block. This, as stated, is the background. Richard Widmark, Jean Peters and a stellar Oscar nominated performance by Thelma Ritter are the leads though we see known actors like Richard Kiley and Miburn Stone in key roles. What starts off as a N. Y. subway pickpocket incident from the purse of Candy (Jean Peters) just as the film opens leads to a nightmare of unimaginable proportions for the central characters, the Feds and the villains. Samuel Fuller directs with a raw, hard-boiled energy that was his trademark. It's all a case of right versus wrong or better still Right versus Red. Martin Scorsese considers Samuel Fuller and this particular film American gems. It's terrific and has stood the test of time as truly good films always do.

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    pietroantoni@  25.11.2014 age: 36-49 14,528 reviews

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