Lange Finger - Harte F. Grable, not wanting to take on a downcast role, declined to play Candy. Twentieth Century- Fox then put her on suspension. Other versions claim that Grable turned down the role because she was pregnant. Talk: Pickup on South Street - Wikipedia. Untitled. It sounds like an interesting movie.. Where was it filmed.. Pickup on South Street is a 1953 Cold War spy film noir written and directed by Samuel Fuller and released by the 20th Century Fox studio. Overview of Pickup on South Street, 1953, directed by Samuel Fuller, with Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter, at Turner Classic Movies. Pickup On South Street is one of the most brilliant movies ever made. An example of the directing: When Candy (Jean Peters) starts going through her purse and notices her wallet is missing, an alarm goes off in the background. Any other awards/nominations? Roodog. 2k 1. 7: 5. Sep 2. 00. 4 (UTC)Source needed? Miss Grable took a suspension from 2. Century- Fox, at a very delicate point in her career, for refusing to appear in this film. This can be corroborated by 2. Century press releases at the time(. Directed by Samuel Fuller. With Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter, Murvyn Vye. A pickpocket unwittingly lifts a message destined for enemy agents and becomes a target for a Communist spy ring. New 1080p presentation of the film from the new 4k restoration, on the Blu-ray; New and exclusive interview with Kent Jones; Video interview with Fran Pickup on South Street (DVD) : 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. Darryl Zanuck, the head of 2. Miss Grable to take the role, and probably tried to get Mr Fuller to accept the casting; but ultimately Grable refused, and she took a very costly contractual suspension as a result. Miss Grable consistently turned down dramatic roles, and although beginning to experience a decline in her career at the time of the shooting of this film, she was still a very prominent star and Mr Fuller was a relatively unknown director. If the author had done a little research he would have reason to doubt the . Miss Grable's refusal to appear in this film is fairly well- documented. Her professional relationship with Fox never fully recovered. She made one more film under contract, . Erik (talk) 2. 0: 0. January 2. 01. 0 (UTC). Did the author of this article even see the movie? The scene cuts away as Skip (Widmark) beats the crap out of Joey (Kiley), while the two men are in a recess by the subway tracks, but does not conclude with Joey's death. More likely, Joey and his associate (whom Widmark beat up and left on the subway men's room floor) are arrested by the NYPD and/or the Feds. The movie then goes to the final scene where Widmark, receiving his discharge papers from the NYPD plainclothesman, needles the man for not putting him (Widmark) away for life. He then walks out of the station with Peters on his arm. Maybe Fuller's best film. The best of the seven Sam Fuller movies that I've seen (including Park Row, Run of the Arrow, Verboten! Shock Corridor, The Naked Kiss, The Big Red One, and this film), Pickup on South Street counts. Pickup on South Street (1953) is a Cold War spy film noir written and directed by Samuel Fuller and released by the 20th Century Fox studio. The film stars Richard Buy Pickup on South Street (The Criterion Collection) on Amazon.com FREE SHIPPING on qualified orders. The Planet is ours - where are we going!? With the global population soaring towards 9 billion people by 2050 current levels of meat and dairy consumption are not sustainable on our limited earth. Maccb (talk) 0. 2: 3. March 2. 01. 2 (UTC)I've fixed the synopsis. Clarityfiend (talk) 0. January 2. 01. 4 (UTC)Plot synopsis contradiction (Candy shot dead, Candy shot and recovers). I read a reference to the movie in an online article, and came to the Wikipedia article to learn more. I found a messy, unresolved redundant description (and a contradiction) in the contributions made, probably by different contributors, in the third and fourth paragraphs from the end of the Plot synopsis. Maybe someone can synthesize the info and correct the factual discrepancy involved. Joel Russ (talk) 1. October 2. 01. 4 (UTC)What discrepancy? It says Candy is shot, not . Shots are not 1. 00% fatal. I wrote the latest version of the synopsis. Clarityfiend (talk) 2. October 2. 01. 4 (UTC)I respect the work you've put in. She turns to Moe for help, since Skip will not believe it if she tells him he is in danger. Moe tries, but fails, to convince Skip to give the film to the government. She goes home, and finds Joey waiting for her. When she refuses to give him Skip's address and tells him she knows he is a spy, he kills her. Okay, I can see where you might think it was Candy. Clarityfiend (talk) 2. October 2. 01. 4 (UTC)The Theme Song? The film's theme song is .
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