Pickup on South Street (1953)

  • NR
  • 05/27/1953 (US)
  • Thriller, Crime
  • 1h 20m

How the law took a chance on a B-girl … and won!

Overview

In New York City, an insolent pickpocket, Skip McCoy, inadvertently sets off a chain of events when he targets ex-prostitute Candy and steals her wallet. Unaware that she has been making deliveries of highly classified information to the communists, Candy, who has been trailed by FBI agents for months in hopes of nabbing the spy ringleader, is sent by her ex-boyfriend, Joey, to find Skip and retrieve the valuable microfilm he now holds.

Samuel Fuller

Screenplay, Director

Dwight Taylor

Story

Cast

Richard Widmark's headshot

Richard Widmark

Skip McCoy
Jean Peters's headshot

Jean Peters

Candy
Thelma Ritter's headshot

Thelma Ritter

Moe Williams
Murvyn Vye's headshot

Murvyn Vye

Captain Dan Tiger
Richard Kiley's headshot

Richard Kiley

Joey
Willis Bouchey's headshot

Willis Bouchey

Zara
Milburn Stone's headshot

Milburn Stone

Detective Winoki
Parley Baer's headshot

Parley Baer

Headquarters Communist in Chair (uncredited)

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