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Pickup on South Street

19531h 20mThriller · Crime
directed by Samuel Fuller

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

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7.4 / 10
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7.6 / 10
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Synopsis

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.

Cast

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