Is Pickup on South Street scary?

Somewhat. More frightening than 72% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Pickup on South Street violent?

Somewhat. More violent than 59% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Pickup on South Street end with hope?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Pickup on South Street sad?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Pickup on South Street easy watching?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Pickup on South Street

Name: Pickup on South Street
Genre: Thriller, Crime
Released: 1953
Duration: 80 min
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter, Murvyn Vye, Richard Kiley

How the law took a chance on a B-girl … and won!

Directed by Samuel Fuller

Produced by 20th Century Fox

195380 min7.4 / 10

A taut Cold War noir thriller built on cat-and-mouse pursuit, moral ambiguity, and the collision of petty crime with espionage stakes.

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.

Clusters

Adventure, Honor, and Hard-Won Loyalty Detective and Spy Movies Working-Class Loyalty and Betrayal Political Cover-Ups Thrillers Historical War Movies

Genres

Thriller Crime

Keywords

Pickpocket Cold War Film Noir Black And White

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Questions people ask

Is Pickup on South Street scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 72% of films.
Is Pickup on South Street violent? Somewhat. More violent than 59% of films.
Does Pickup on South Street end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is Pickup on South Street sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is Pickup on South Street easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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