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Pickup on South Street (1953)
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"Richard Widmark, who appeared in 70+ films including Saint Joan, Panic in the Streets and No Way Out, has died at the age of 93. Widmark began his career in the 40s, often playing vicious villains and anti-heroes. In the mid-50s, he started a production company, through which he made a number of Cold War-era social dramas including Time Limit and The Bedford Incident. My favorite Widmark film is probably Sam Fuller’s Pickup on South Street; I’ve embedded a typically, casually violent clip from that film above. The New York Times‘ obit lives here.
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"Richard Widmark, who appeared in 70+ films including Saint Joan, Panic in the Streets and No Way Out, has died at the age of 93. Widmark began his career in the 40s, often playing vicious villains and anti-heroes. In the mid-50s, he started a production company, through which he made a number of Cold War-era social dramas including Time Limit and The Bedford Incident. My favorite Widmark film is probably Sam Fuller’s Pickup on South Street; I’ve embedded a typically, casually violent clip from that film above. The New York Times‘ obit lives here.
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"Pickup on South Street (1953) is a film noir well worth seeing. When a pickpocket steals a young woman’s wallet on the New York subway, neither at first knows that he has stolen top secret microfilm on its way to the enemy Communists. Samuel Fuller, screenwriter and director, tells a complicated story with easy and clarity, maintaining tension throughout. The acting is superb. Richard Widmark is wonderfully insolent as the cocky pickpocket. Thelma Ritter is world-weary and street smart as the middle-aged informer surviving day by day (her Academy nomination was deserved). Jean Peters as Candy is not quite perfect in every scene and she has to say a couple of stereotypical lines that almost no one could breath life into, but she exudes sexuality, and that is important to her role. The supporting actors, from Richard Kiley as Joey the Communist agent on down the list, give solid, credible performances. All of this is supported by an edgy score by Leigh Harline. I particularly a ... "
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The early stuff is just as good
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"I saw this on Netflix on demand thing. Whatever they're calling it. I'm becoming quite a fan of the service although it only works on a tricked out pc. It's pretty cool to have all this stuff at your disposal and although the selection is still slim, there are gems like this: early Sam Fuller. If you are not a fan of Sam Fuller, you probably haven't seen enough Sam Fuller. This is from a great Criterion Collection of his early films and it has all the tight structure and controversy of Shock Corridor or Pickup on South Street. If you've never seen a Sam Fuller film, think Quentin Tarantino, but in the 50's. That's doing Fuller a great injustice, but I think fans of the one should become fans of the other. I've always found Fuller's films to be well written. That is mainly why I am drawn to them. He reminds me of Clifford Odets. Fuller should be ranked with John Houston and he's better than Peckinpah at a lot of things. Check out everything yo ... "
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