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Pickup on South Street

How the law took a chance on a B-girl … and won!
May 27, 1953 · 1h 20m
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Thriller
Crime

PLOT

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

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)
Directed by Samuel Fuller

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
$780,000
Revenue
—
Production
20th Century Fox
Country
US

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