Richard Widmark leads the way in a Cold War themed noir about a pickpocket who steals secrets that was to go to members of a gang of Communists. Pickup on South Street(1953) gets a hard bitten but sensitive performance from Richard Widmark. His portrayal of a pickpocker foreshadows the life of a pickpocket criminal in Robert Bresson's Pickpocket(1959). Thelma Ritter gives a gentle and tragic performance in the role of Moe. Top flight B movie from Sam Fuller who was the King of the B movie in Hollywood as well as a film rebel.
Review of Pickup on South Street
