Pickup on South Street (1953) MOC 1080p BluRay x265 HEVC AAC-SARTRE

Petty crook Skip McCoy (Richard Widmark) has his eyes fixed on the big score. When the cocky three-time convict picks the pocketbook of unsuspecting Candy (Jean Peters), he finds a haul bigger than he could have imagined: a strip of microfilm bearing confidential U.S. secrets. Tailed by manipulative Feds and the unwitting courier’s Communist puppeteers, Skip and Candy find themselves in a precarious gambit that pits greed against redemption, Right versus Red, and passion against self-preservation. With its dazzling cast and director Samuel Fuller’s signature raw energy and hardboiled repartee, Pickup on South Street is a true film noir classic by one of America’s most passionate cinematic craftsmen.

Extras

• Kent Jones - In this video interview, critic Kent Jones explains how he discovered Sam Fuller's work, and discusses the balance between style and realism in Pickup on South Street, its anti-Communist overtones and why they are easy to ignore, the main conflicts in the film, the backgrounds and legacies of the principal actors, etc.

• Francois Guerif - In this video interview, writer and film historian Francois Guerif discusses the origin of film noir and its popularity between 1940 and 1950, the most prominent themes and political overtones in classic noir films, Sam Fuller's Pickup on South Street and manner in which he approached the noir genre, the original story by Dwight Taylor that inspired the film, etc.

• Samuel Fuller - In this archival French program, the American director explains how different sequences from Pickup on South Street were shot. The program was produced by Andre S. Labarthe and Dominique Rahourdin.

• Trailer - The original trailer for Pickup on South Street.