DVD
Pickup on South Street
Call Number
- DVD MYSTERY/THRILLER (CEN)
Edition
Full screen version.
Languages
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter, Murvyn Vye, Richard Kiley, Willis B. Bouchey, Milburn Stone, Henry Slate, Victor Perry.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY?] : Criterion Collection, 2004.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (ca. 80 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated by MPAA.
Summary
Petty crook Skip McCoy has his eye set on the big score. When the three-time convict picks the pocketbook of unsuspecting Candy, he finds a haul bigger than he ever could have imagined: a strip of microfilm bearing confidential U.S. secrets. Tailed by the Feds and the unwitting courier's Communist puppeteers, Skip and Candy find themselves in a precarious gambit that pits greed against redemption.
Notes
Originally released as a motion picture in 1953.
Full screen format (aspect ratio 1.33:1).
Special features: exclusive video interview with the late Sam Fuller ; Cinéma cinémas: "Fuller", French television show with Fuller discussing the making of the film ; illustrated biographical essay on Fuller ; complete Fuller poster filmography ; stills galleries of photos, lobby cards, and original paintings ; trailers for eight Sam Fuller films ; 20-page booklet including excerpts from Fuller's "A third face: my tale of writing, fighting, and filmmaking" featuring Martin Scorsese's introduction, and Fuller on Pickup on South Street, plus a new essay by acclaimed cultural historian Luc Sante.