“Pickup on South Street”
TITLE: Samuel Fuller: Films of the 1950s
SECTION: Films of the 1950s
...a Cold War theme. Richard Widmark played a penny-ante pickpocket who unknowingly lifts a roll of microfilm that both the Russians and the FBI want, ultimately landing him on the side of the law. Thelma Ritter was Oscar nominated for her colourful role as a hard-luck snitch. Hell and High Water (1954) was a more conventional submarine adventure also starring Widmark.
TITLE: Pillow Talk: Cast
Rock Hudson (Brad Allen)Doris Day (Jan Morrow)Tony Randall (Jonathan Forbes)Thelma Ritter (Alma)Nick Adams (Tony Walters)
...ever meeting them. Gradually he becomes convinced that one neighbour (played by Raymond Burr) has murdered his wife. Jeffries is aided in his sleuthing by his girlfriend (Kelly) and his nurse (Thelma Ritter).