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Auction History Result 2s496 PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET Danish '53 Richard Widmark & Jean Peters in Samuel Fuller noir classic! Date Sold 10/28/2014 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Danish Movie Poster (measures 24 1/2" x 33 1/2" [62 x 85 cm]) (Learn More) Pickup on South Street, the classic 1953 Samuel Fuller Red Menace government agent crime film noir ("How the F.B.I. took a chance on a B-girl... and won!"; "From a story by Dwight Taylor"; "Screen play by Samuel Fuller"; "Adapted from the play by Dwight Taylor"; about a beautiful "B-girl" who does not realize that she is carrying microfilm for Communists which will be sent to Moscow, and a pickpocket picks her pocket, and both the FBI and the Communists will do anything to get the microfilm back, and the pickpocket and the B-girl become romantically involved) starring Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter (nominated for the Best Actress Academy Award for this film), Murvyn Vye, Richard Kiley, Willis B. Bouchey, and Milburn Stone. Note that originally Betty Grable was going to play the lead female role, and Marilyn Monroe read for the part as well, but ultimately, Jean Peters got the part. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Klitgaard Important Added Info: Note that this poster was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube. Note that this item (and others we are auctioning in this set of auctions) come to us from the estate of Lee Sanders. Mr. Sanders was a nationally recognized projectionist, film poster collector, and union activist who passed away earlier this year, and the net proceeds from the sale of his varied and eclectic collection will be donated to promote film studies at the Besant School of Happy Valley in Ojai, Ca. Condition: good to very good. There is a censor stamp at lower center. Learn More about condition grades 
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