Pick Up on South Street

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Stuart McLean

Certificate: PG
Running Time: 80 Mins
Retail Price: £19.99
Release Date: 17/08/2014
Content Type: Movie

Synopsis:
Eureka! Entertainment have announced the release of PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET,  considered by many to be the finest film in the illustrious career of Samuel Fuller, the maverick writer/director behind such films as The Steel Helmet, Park Row, Shock Corridor, and The Naked Kiss. Features hard-boiled legend Richard Widmark in the lead role as pickpocket Skip McCoy, and Thelma Ritter who was nominated for an Academy Award in 1954 for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. One of the major films that influenced directors such as Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino, PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET will be released on Blu-ray in a Dual Format (Blu-ray & DVD) edition as part of Eureka’s award-winning The Masters of Cinema Series

Special Features:
• New and exclusive interview with Kent Jones
• Video interview with François Guérif
• Cinema Cinemas: Samuel Fuller interview
• Trailer
• 36-PAGE BOOKLET featuring a new essay on the film by critic Murielle Joudet; remarks by Fuller; and rare imagery