Fuller sobre "Pickup...", Fuller sobre Widmark:

"The only actor I ever had in mind to play my lead was Richard Widmark, who was under contract at Fox then. A born individualist, Widmark had a strange face, with that twisted, arrogant smile, that didn't fit into anybody's scheme of Hollywood hadsomeness. He walked and talked like nobody else, yet there was nothing ostentatious about him, the kind of man who wouldn't call to much attention to himself on a crowded subway. Widmark was perfect for Skip."

(de um livro da edição da Criterion de "Pickup on South Street")