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Pickup on South Street (1953)

Directed by Samuel Fuller · Cinematography by Joseph MacDonald

Approved80 min49 frames

ThrillerCrime

How the law took a chance on a B-girl … and won!

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What is Pickup on South Street about?

In New York City, an insolent pickpocket, Skip McCoy, inadvertently sets off a chain of events when he targets ex-prostitute Candy and steals her wallet. Unaware that she has been making deliveries of highly classified information to the communists, Candy, who has been trailed by FBI agents for months in hopes of nabbing the spy ringleader, is sent by her ex-boyfriend, Joey, to find Skip and retrieve the valuable microfilm he now holds.

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What does the cinematography of Pickup on South Street look like?

Sampled across 47 frames, the coverage of Pickup on South Street leans on medium shots (57% of the sample) and close-ups (30%). Cinematographer Joseph MacDonald keeps 62% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 66% of the frames. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 64% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1940s.

What is the color palette of Pickup on South Street?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Pickup on South Street (1953) are #050505, #8c8c8c, #6c6c6c, #303030, #484848, #cbcbcb — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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  • #6c6c6c
  • #303030
  • #484848
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