Pickup on South Street

Name: Pickup on South Street
Director: Samuel Fuller
Released: 1953
Duration: 80 min
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter, Murvyn Vye, Richard Kiley

1953 · 80 MIN · IMDB 7.6 · 16,802 VOTES · DIR. Samuel Fuller

Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 896 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:03:44 - What happened? - I'm not sure yet.

00:06:50 Joey, you're talking like it was hot.

00:09:06 - We gotta get quick action. - Everything around here is always an emergency.

00:11:09 What do you mean, you think?

00:13:44 Ah, he hasn't been out long enough to settle.

00:17:58 Cost me six months' pay. Do you mind waiting outside?

00:20:00 Can't you see how important this is?

00:25:12 Over a tattoo shop. One flight up, head of the stairs.

00:29:50 Oh, now, do I look like a pickpocket?

00:32:22 Yeah.

00:35:08 Don't plant a wire in here, 'cause I'll tear it out.

00:37:18 Offer him 50.

00:39:38 Good.

00:42:04 - I don't know what you're talking about. - You know, all right.

00:45:21 - Where does he live? - If you kill him, you'll get the chair.

00:47:55 I give Tiger the name of eight cannons, but that creep that was with him...

00:51:08 # No heart ever yearned #

00:53:34 - I have to go on makin' a living so I can die. - # The violins were sweet #

00:56:05 - Lieutenant Campion? - Yes?

00:59:55 Shut up.

01:02:56 Something decent trying to crawl out.

01:05:53 How do you think?

01:10:33 Go look outside. See if he's coming.

01:14:36 Tell him I'll meet him at the airport with the other frame, but not to wait.

Cast & Characters

Richard Widmark Skip McCoy Jean Peters Candy Thelma Ritter Moe Williams Murvyn Vye Police Captain Dan Tiger Richard Kiley Joey Willis Bouchey Zara Milburn Stone Detective Winoki Parley Baer Headquarters Communist in Chair George Berkeley Undetermined Secondary Role Chet Brandenburg Fight Spectator

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed896

Dialogue density11.2 lines / min

First line00:03:44

Final line01:14:36

Production Record

DirectorSamuel Fuller

LanguageEnglish

Budget$780,000

IMDb votes16,802