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Pickup on South Street (1953)

7.9 Listal rating
8 IMDB rating

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Directed by


Starring (View all) :
Richard Widmark

Richard Widmark

Skip McCoy
Thelma Ritter

Thelma Ritter

Moe Williams
Murvyn Vye

Murvyn Vye

Captain Dan Tiger
Milburn Stone

Milburn Stone

Detective Winoki
Parley Baer

Parley Baer

Headquarters Communist in chair
George Berkeley

George Berkeley

Undetermined Role
Virginia Carroll

Virginia Carroll

Nurse (uncredited)


Written by (View all) :
Samuel Fuller

Samuel Fuller

(screenplay)
Dwight Taylor

Dwight Taylor

(story)


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Cuidado con esas manos, que luego van al

Posted : 2 years, 7 months ago at Apr 19 13:42
Estamos ante un buen ejemplo de cine negro. Resumiendo el argumento diremos que Skip McCoy (Richarc Widmark) es un carterista que en una de sus actuaciones rutinarias en el metro topa con Candy (Jean Peters), a la que roga la cartera del bolso. Ese gesto casi cotidiano para él va a cambiar su vida dado que lo que era un robo menor se convierte en una trama a varias bandas, dado que Candy es el correo de una organización comunista que debía entregar un valioso microfilm que precisamente transportaba en su cartera. Entran en juego los policías que perseguían a Candy (su objetivo no era ella sino el destinatario de la entrega), los propios comunistas, con protagonismo especial de Joey (Richard Kiley), ex-novio de Candy para la que esta realiza un último favor, sin conocer el cont...Read more

Rating : 7/10