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Pickup on South Street

Beginning and ending in the subways of New York, this gritty portrait of the underworld has to be one of Fuller's best. As the pickpocket anti-hero Widmark delivers the hard-boiled dialogue perfectly, at one point sneering 'Don't wave the flag at me!' when the cops appeal to his patriotism as they try to track down Commie spies. In a support role Thelma Ritter excels as a stool pigeon and has a moving final scene....