Product: Pickup on South Street (The Criterion Collection) (1953)
Rating: 3.0
Nice Little Noir
PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET---(1953)Richard Widmark,Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter, Richard Kiley.I had not seen this film prior to ordering it but had seen/heard many references to it in discussions of film noir. Being a great fan of Widmark, I decided to add it to my collection. I found it to be a pretty good little film---nothing special, but enjoyable. Widmark plays yet another "low-life" that lives by his own "code". Thelma Ritter is especially good as the world-weary "snitch" who also has her own set of rules to live by. The film was made at the height of the "Red Scare" period and the obsession with, "the Commies", is somewhat dated---even comical, at times. Anyway, as I noted, not a great film, but, IMO, worth watching.