Noir Film Series with Images Cinema: Pickup on South Street
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Clark Museum, Williamstown MA (225 South St, Williamstown, MA 01267, Williamstown MA)
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 more spectacular haul than he could have imagined: a strip of microfilm bearing confidential U.S. information. 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 against Red, and passion against self-preservation. With its dazzling cast and writer-director Samuel Fuller’s signature hard-boiled repartee and raw energy, Pickup on South Street (1953) is a true film noir classic by one of America’s most passionate cinematic craftspeople. (Run time: 1 hour, 20 minutes)
Free. Accessible seats available; for information, call 413 458 0524.
Details: clarkart.edu/events
Image: Pickup on South Street, Samuel Fuller, 1953