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Pickup on South Street

(1953)

May 27, 1953 1h 20m
74%
TMDB Score

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

Director

Top Billed Cast

RW

Richard Widmark

Skip McCoy

JP

Jean Peters

Candy

TR

Thelma Ritter

Moe Williams

MV

Murvyn Vye

Captain Dan Tiger

RK

Richard Kiley

Joey

WB

Willis Bouchey

Zara

MS

Milburn Stone

Detective Winoki

PB

Parley Baer

Headquarters Communist in Chair (uncredited)

CB

Chet Brandenburg

Fight Spectator (uncredited)

FK

Frank Kumagai

Lum (uncredited)

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