Pickup on South Street Comments

  • Damien 2022-11-25 13:49:20

    Pickpockets, the Communist Party, incompetent police officers, and women who walk on both sides, you can see which side the director is on by looking at the results. Pickpockets are the real big winners. What a slap in the face to the mainstream world! Fuller's sympathy for the marginalized people at the bottom is particularly prominent in this film, especially the description of Moi, an old woman. The last line is wonderful "I'm tired, if you can shoot me in the head I will be very thank...

  • Krystina 2022-11-07 21:14:12

    Fuller practiced cynicism earlier than...

  • Jasmin 2022-11-05 23:19:49

    South Street Adventure.Pickup.on.South.Street.1953.D9.MiniSD-TLF.mkv The 18th Venice Film Festival Bronze Lion Award in 1953 is a story about thieves, love, state secrets and...

  • Devyn 2022-11-03 23:21:30

    The story of an anarchist pickpocket who resolutely beats commies because of his sudden love. Although he can't completely break away from patriotism and Cold War ideology, it is also a very subtle criticism, especially the seemingly anti-gong supporting actress Moe would rather die than cooperate with the enemy. Before the "justice", he said the saddest paragraph in history. At first I thought that the heroine was just an ordinary coquettish bitch, but I didn't expect to be so smart and brave,...

  • Kevon 2022-10-29 08:35:31

    The so-called value judgment is interesting. I am very happy to see such a bloody love...

  • Letitia 2022-10-25 01:18:26

    It's a women's...

  • Abagail 2022-10-09 21:34:40

    Sudden love is not the focus in Fuller's works. The point is that the relationship between these people forms a story circle. This circle and the outside world's anti-red atmosphere form a wonderful depth of field; short and concise, it is quite...

  • Antonette 2022-10-05 20:45:53

    There are enough tensions at different levels, men and women, political environment, position, intention, class, the kind that can be seen several times, the more I think about it, the more I want to fall in love with...

  • Russ 2022-10-03 01:54:13

    Fuller's close-ups are powerful, with eyes and faces full of gravitational pull, ready to drag people into their conversational atmosphere for all parties involved. Although the narrative rhythm is so fast, it is actually very romantic. It really is a movie that can interpret the word...

  • Margarita 2022-09-25 17:49:44

    Female roles took up a substantial share of the credits. What impressive low-angle close-ups and wicked grins. Samuel Fuller and Richard Widmark were those beyond times. No wonder they were repeatedly mentioned by successive...

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Pickup on South Street quotes

  • Skip McCoy: So you're a Red, who cares? Your money's as good as anybody else's.

  • Skip McCoy: You boys are talking to the wrong corner. I'm just a guy keeping my hands in my own pockets.

    FBI Agent Zara: If you refuse to cooperate you'll be as guilty as the traitors who gave Stalin the A-bomb.

    Skip McCoy: Are you waving the flag at *me*?