Pickup on South Street (1953)

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

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.

Released: 1953-05-27
Genres: Thriller, Crime
Runtime: 1h 20m
Status: Released
TMDB rating: 7.4/10 from 341 votes

Directed by Samuel Fuller.

Top cast

Richard Widmark as Skip McCoy
Jean Peters as Candy
Thelma Ritter as Moe Williams
Murvyn Vye as Captain Dan Tiger
Richard Kiley as Joey
Willis Bouchey as Zara
Milburn Stone as Detective Winoki
Parley Baer as Headquarters Communist in Chair (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg as Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Frank Kumagai as Lum (uncredited)

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