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Pickup on South Street [videorecording] /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: CC1600D | Criterion CollectionLanguage: English Subtitle language: English Series: Criterion collection ; 224.Publication details: [Irvington, NY?] : Criterion Collection, 2004.Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 80 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 1559409487
  • 9781559409483
Other title:
  • Title on container: Samuel Fuller's Pickup on South Street
Subject(s): Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Joseph MacDonald ; art directors, George Patrick, Lyle R. Wheeler ; editor, Nick De Maggio ; music, Leigh Harline ; costume designer, Travilla ; special photographic effects, Ray Kellogg.
Cast: Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter, Murvyn Vye, Richard Kiley, Willis Bouchey, Jerry O'Sullivan, Harry Carter.Summary: 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 of microfilm bearing confidential U.S. secrets. Tailed by the Feds and the unwitting courier's Communist puppeteers, Skip and Candy find themselves in a precarious gambit that pits greed against redemption.
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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD 0359 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050092397

Full screen format (aspect ratio 1.33:1).

Originally released as a motion picture in 1953.

Run time: approx. 80 min.

Special features: exclusive video interview with the late Sam Fuller ; Cinéma cinémas: "Fuller", French television show with Fuller discussing the making of the film ; illustrated biographical essay on Fuller ; complete Fuller poster filmography ; stills galleries of photos, lobby cards, and original paintings ; trailers for eight Sam Fuller films ; 20-page booklet including excerpts from Fuller's "A third face: my tale of writing, fighting, and filmmaking" featuring Martin Scorsese's introduction, and Fuller on Pickup on South Street, plus a new essay by acclaimed cultural historian Luc Sante.

DVD.

Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.

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