Pickup on South Street

Name: Pickup on South Street
Director: Samuel Fuller
Genre: Thriller, Crime
Released: 1953-05-27
Duration: 80 min
Cast: Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter, Murvyn Vye, Richard Kiley

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1953 · 80 min · NR · Thriller · Crime · TMDB 7.4/10

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.

Directed by Samuel Fuller

Cast

Richard Widmark — Skip McCoy
Jean Peters — Candy
Thelma Ritter — Moe Williams
Murvyn Vye — Captain Dan Tiger
Richard Kiley — Joey