Pickup on South Street (1953)

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Pickup on South Street on IMDb 7.8/10 10,338 votes

Released:
1953-05-27

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.

Director:
Samuel Fuller

Runtime:
1h 20min

Genre:
Thriller, Crime

  • 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