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Classic Film Review: Sam Fuller’s Red Scare Noir, “Pickup on South Street” (1953)
The movies used to sentimentalize mobsters, especially during “the Wars” — WWII and the Cold one that followed. They might be cutthroats, thieves, lowlife grifters and rummies. But when it came to fascists and commies, flesh and blood threats to … Continue reading
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