Pickup on South Street

Pickup on South Street

Thriller · 1953 · 1h 20m

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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.

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Cast & crew

Richard WidmarkSkip McCoy
Jean PetersCandy
Thelma RitterMoe Williams
Murvyn VyeCaptain Dan Tiger
Richard KileyJoey
Willis BoucheyZara
Milburn StoneDetective Winoki
Parley BaerHeadquarters Communist in Chair (uncredited)
Chet BrandenburgFight Spectator (uncredited)
Frank KumagaiLum (uncredited)
Virginia CarrollNurse (uncredited)
Harry CarterDetective Dietrich (uncredited)
Clancy CooperDetective Eddie (uncredited)
Henry SlateDetective MacGregor (uncredited)
Heinie ConklinSubway Passenger (uncredited)

Information

Release date
27 May 1953
Director
Samuel Fuller
Genres
Thriller, Crime
Runtime
1h 20m
Country of origin
United States

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