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Taskuvaras

Original title: Pickup on South Street
  • 19531953
  • K-16K-16
  • 1h 20m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
15K
YOUR RATING
Richard Widmark and Jean Peters in Taskuvaras (1953)
A pickpocket unwittingly lifts a message destined for enemy agents and becomes a target for a Communist spy ring.
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A pickpocket unwittingly lifts a message destined for enemy agents and becomes a target for a Communist spy ring.A pickpocket unwittingly lifts a message destined for enemy agents and becomes a target for a Communist spy ring.A pickpocket unwittingly lifts a message destined for enemy agents and becomes a target for a Communist spy ring.

IMDb RATING
7.6/10
15K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Samuel Fuller
  • Writers
    • Samuel Fuller(screenplay)
    • Dwight Taylor(story)
  • Stars
    • Richard Widmark
    • Jean Peters
    • Thelma Ritter
  • Director
    • Samuel Fuller
  • Writers
    • Samuel Fuller(screenplay)
    • Dwight Taylor(story)
  • Stars
    • Richard Widmark
    • Jean Peters
    • Thelma Ritter
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 129User reviews
    • 102Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 2 wins & 3 nominations total

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    Richard Widmark and Jean Peters in Taskuvaras (1953)
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    Richard Widmark and Richard Kiley in Taskuvaras (1953)
    Richard Widmark and Richard Kiley in Taskuvaras (1953)
    Richard Kiley in Taskuvaras (1953)
    Richard Widmark and Jean Peters in Taskuvaras (1953)
    Jean Peters in Taskuvaras (1953)
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    Richard Widmark
    Richard Widmark
    • Skip McCoy
    Jean Peters
    Jean Peters
    • Candy
    Thelma Ritter
    Thelma Ritter
    • Moe Williams
    Murvyn Vye
    Murvyn Vye
    • Police Captain Dan Tiger
    Richard Kiley
    Richard Kiley
    • Joey
    Willis Bouchey
    Willis Bouchey
    • Zara
    • (as Willis B. Bouchey)
    Milburn Stone
    Milburn Stone
    • Detective Winoki
    Parley Baer
    Parley Baer
    • Headquarters Communist in Chair
    • (uncredited)
    George Berkeley
    • Undetermined Secondary Role
    • (uncredited)
    Chet Brandenburg
    Chet Brandenburg
    • Fight Spectator
    • (uncredited)
    Virginia Carroll
    Virginia Carroll
    • Nurse
    • (uncredited)
    Harry Carter
    Harry Carter
    • Detective Dietrich
    • (uncredited)
    Heinie Conklin
    Heinie Conklin
    • Subway Passenger
    • (uncredited)
    Clancy Cooper
    Clancy Cooper
    • Detective Eddie
    • (uncredited)
    George Eldredge
    George Eldredge
    • Fenton
    • (uncredited)
    John Gallaudet
    John Gallaudet
    • Detective Lt. Campion
    • (uncredited)
    Robert Haines
    • Library Worker
    • (uncredited)
    Frank Kumagai
    • Lum
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Samuel Fuller
    • Writers
      • Samuel Fuller(screenplay)
      • Dwight Taylor(story)
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    • Trivia
      The last of four films in four successive years that Thelma Ritter was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Oscar. This film follows nominations for Kaikki Eevasta (1950), Rakastelua (1951) and Laulu sydämessäni (1952).
    • Goofs
      When Joey leaves the basement after assaulting the police officer, he walks out of the shot, then a cat is obviously thrown into the frame.
    • Quotes

      Moe Williams: Listen, Mister. When I come in here tonight, you seen an old clock runnin' down. I'm tired. I'm through. Happens to everybody sometime. It'll happen to you too, someday. With me it's a little bit of everything. Backaches and headaches. I can't sleep nights. It's so hard to get up in the morning, and get dressed and walk the streets. Climb the stairs. I go right on doin' it! Well, what am I gonna do, knock it? I have to go on makin' a livin'... so I can die. But even a fancy funeral ain't worth waitin' fer if I gotta do bus'ness with crumbs like you.

    • Alternate versions
      When the movie was released in France, the French dubbing replaced the communists spying with drug dealing to avoid political controversy. No English print with subtitles went in circulation. The French title "Le port de la drogue" could be translated by "Pier of Drug". The original version was released several years after.
    • Connections
      Edited into American Cinema: Film Noir (1995)
    • Soundtracks
      Again
      (uncredited)
      Music by Lionel Newman
      [love theme for Candy and Skip]

    User reviews129

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    8/10
    Film Noir at it's FINEST! Yippee!!
    I watched this last night on TV (HBO). I have to admit, that the tension in this movie was unsurpassed by most other FN era movies. I loved the way Chip would be all calm one moment and then VIOLENT the very next moment. It was classic. Ahh yes. The dames, the villians, the cigars and thuggish cops! It has it all. This movie delivered all the goods to me. I especially loved the way they mixed communism into the plot, very common for this era of movie. Very daring also since blacklisting was popular in those days. I rate this movie one of the best I have seen in the FN genre!
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    • DJAkin
    • Jan 22, 2002

    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 18, 1953 (Finland)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Pickup on South Street
    • Filming locations
      • 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Twentieth Century Fox
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $780,000 (estimated)
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 20 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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