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Pickup on South Street
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySamuel Fuller
Screenplay bySamuel Fuller
Story byDwight Taylor
Produced byJules Schermer
StarringRichard Widmark
Jean Peters
Thelma Ritter
CinematographyJoseph MacDonald
Edited byNick DeMaggio
Music byLeigh Harline
Distributed by20th Century-Fox
Release date
  • May 27, 1953 (1953-05-27)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$780,000[1]
Box office$1,900,000[2][3]

Pickup on South Street is a 1953 Cold War spy-themed film noir written and directed by Samuel Fuller, and released by 20th Century-Fox. In 2018, Pickup on South Street was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." The film stars Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, and Thelma Ritter.[4] It was screened at the Venice Film Festival in 1953.

  1. ^ Aubrey Solomon, Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History, Scarecrow Press, 1989 p248
  2. ^ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p225.
  3. ^ 'The Top Box Office Hits of 1953', Variety, January 13, 1954.
  4. ^ Pickup on South Street at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films.

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