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… Read more
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Pickup on South Street
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Movie · Thriller · Crime · NR
1953 · 1h 20m · ★ 93% (18K)
How the law took a chance on a B-girl … and won!
Director: Samuel Fuller
Starring: Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter
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
Production
20th Century Fox
Cast
Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter, Murvyn Vye, Richard Kiley, Willis Bouchey, Milburn Stone, Parley Baer, Chet Brandenburg, Frank Kumagai, Virginia Carroll, Harry Carter, Clancy Cooper, Henry Slate, Heinie Conklin, George Eldredge, John Gallaudet, Alan Reed, Robert Haines, Jay Loft-Lyn