pickup south street one brilliant movies ever made example directing candy jean peters starts going purse notices wallet missing alarm goes background building  alarm going head cartoonlike  subtly woven background way strikes subconscious level seen film times clicks theres alarm bell going starts frantically going bagbr br richard widmark way top game smartalec  hes really great  highlight performance film first scene moe street peddlerinformer played thelma ritter later apartment seeing movie  seeing real person ive never seen anyone act real felt like looking real room ritters performance  right way hair stuck bit removed hat br br about million things worked way lightning louie picks money chopsticks way candys jewelry clicks flicks moes hand away brooch way moe gets dollars change police captain across fbi guys chest  even way captain opens filing cabinet like hes way room many years pickup south street detailed moves directing consummate performances acting superb nownostalgic visuals day panel truck boards leading shack water dumbwaiter  unforgettable place skip stashes pocket pickings wonderful stuffbr br pickup south street also one movies where even though characters perfect care  perhaps somewhat branded pasts ways hard escape skip threetime loser candy youngish woman knocked around lot people behave little badly expect sort novel ways make seem looking people never otherwise imagine  yet know possible actors make recognizably human