Intcatinfo A Masterpiece!

Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

Brainsbell The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.

Kaelan Mccaffrey Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

JohnHowardReid A Clayton's murder mystery, or the murder mystery you have when you're not having a murder mystery! We know who the murderers are from the very first scene, namely the characters played by Sylvia Sidney and William Harrigan. Sidney is being released from jail after serving two years. Harrigan still has three years to go. On a rainy night, Sidney bumps into Raft's cab-driver who thinks she's a prostitute, but after some hesitation, invites her home. At this point the movie should have stopped and the plot raced forward to the scene in which Harrigan, escaped from jail, confronts Sidney, and she is arrested. Raft goes into hock to pay for her defense. And… Well that's how the script should have been constructed. Unfortunately, it would only run for twenty or thirty minutes. So between the noirish start and emotive conclusion of this film, we are treated to an irrelevant sub-plot about a depraved but super-lovely and filthy rich temptress (scorchingly played by Lillian Bond) who sinks her fangs into Raft who, it turns out, is a sucker for rich and ritzy playgirls. Of course this story allows Sidney to go through her patented pained and injured shtick, but I've seen her go through this emotive stunt so many times that it doesn't impact on me any more. It seems to take forever for Harrigan to escape from jail and the main plot to start moving again. But when it does, it's a wow and certainly well worth waiting for!

kidboots Sylvia Sidney was the princess of gloomy tragedy. No one could take the slaps of a heartless world as well as she. But by 1933 she was becoming dissatisfied with her many "down trodden" roles and it was films such as "Pick Up" that forced her to demand better roles. At least she got to co-star with her "perfect partner" (as far as looks went) - George Raft. They complemented each other in every way. A few years later he too would be fed up with "tough guy" roles but in 1933 he was a popular up and coming actor.With a story taken from sensation novelist Vina Delmar, "Pick-Up" starred Sylvia as "Baby Face" Mary who is just being released from prison after serving 2 years. Her husband still has 3 to go but Mary is determined to leave him and his confidence tricks behind and start a new, clean life. After seeking shelter from the rain and an unwanted admirer, she comes to the attention of Harry Glynn, a taxi driver, who thinks she is a prostitute. He picks her up - as the poster says "She is easy to get but hard to forget"!! and they are soon living together. He sees a column in the paper about "Baby Face" Mary and lets his feelings be known about "dames of that sort". Molly (Mary has decided not to tell him about her past) soon realises that Harry is a man without ambition - he is willing to go on working for a boss and putting away $10 a week. Molly has plans for him to go into partnership in a garage - she creates a scene at work with her lecherous boss (Clarence Wilson) and they both quit. Harry wants to marry her - but she is still married to the brute in jail, who keeps tabs on her with a spy on the outside.They have now made good and live a nice life in the country. Enter Muriel (Lillian Bond) the spoiled daughter of the local banker, who sets her cap at Harry when he rescues her water-logged car from the river. He is attracted to her and begins to be ashamed of his humble beginnings and the way he met Molly. Unbeknownst to Harry, Molly has found getting a divorce easier than she anticipated but Harry has some news of his own - he has fallen for Muriel!! It doesn't take him long to realise who the real "lady" is but when he goes back to the house he finds Molly has gone. Her "husband" has returned and tries to pick up where they left off - but Mary isn't having it. She knows he hasn't changed and in a surprise court room finish he tries to kill first Harry then Mary!!!Raft is at his best being a nice, regular guy (which is exactly what he was in real life) but falters when he has to be a meanie. He and Sylvia have great chemistry and this was the first of their three pictures together.Highly Recommended.

ROCKY-19 Sylvia Sidney had the unique ability to present herself as both vulnerable and tough as brass, and never more so than here. She is such a sympathetic character from the very first scene. Her Mary/Molly is no nonsense yet idealistic.Happily paired with George Raft as Harry, she is touching and involving throughout. Harry is an underachieving cab driver who is "satisfied" with the his low-rent life. It is amusing to watch her shove him up the ladder of success even when he does not necessarily see what she's doing.Because Mary is still married to a con she's afraid to divorce, she and Harry must live together, allowing others to assume they are married. The script does not blanch at this, nor at the heavy sexual aggressiveness of the rich gal who goes after Harry.Raft, of course, is gorgeous as usual, but here plays rather less worldly and more gullible than is usual for him. Harry's been around the block a few times, but can always get suckered.Well worth watching, and a nice warm-up for Raft and Sydney's later hookup "You and Me."

boblipton Sylvia Sidney was Paramount's low-class weeper star in this period, with a lower-class accent and a beautiful face that could suffer stoically or break out in helpless tears just when the plot demanded it. In this one, she has just gotten out of prison because she and her husband were involved in a badger game and one of their victims killed himself. Her husband is still in jail and she falls in with George Raft, whose hair is always perfect. They encounter various problems that keep getting worse and worse until they reach the point where you're ready to laugh -- except that Miss Sidney is so perfect in these roles, that you simply want to hug her. George Raft is adequate and for those of you who like such thing, Charles Middleton, best known as Emperor Ming of Mongo is on hand.