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Pickup on South Street /

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 Commun...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors: Fuller, Samuel, 1912-1997, Widmark, Richard, Peters, Jean, 1926-2000, Ritter, Thelma, Vye, Murvyn, 1913-1976, Kiley, Richard, Bouchey, Willis, O'Sullivan, Jerry, 1889-1978, Carter, Harry, 1906-1996
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired.
Published: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2004]
Edition:RSDL dual-layer ed.
Series:Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 224.
Subjects:
Pickpockets > Drama.
Ex-convicts > Drama.
Espionage > Drama.
Microfilms > Drama.
Security classification (Government documents) > Drama.
Spy films.
Film noir.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Motion pictures, American.
Feature films.
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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.
Item Description:Originally released as motion picture in 1953.
New high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound.
Aspect ratio 1.33:1.
Special features: Exclusive video interview with the late Sam Fuller, made by renowned film critic Richard Schickel -- 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.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 80 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([20] pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.)
Format:DVD; Dolby digital, mono.
Audience:Not rated.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Joseph MacDonald ; art directors, George Patrick, Lyle R. Wheeler ; editor, Nick De Maggio ; music, Leigh Harline ; costume designer, Travilla ; special photographic effects, Ray Kellogg.
ISBN:1559409487