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Pickup on South Street

74.00% | May 27, 1953 | Thriller, Crime

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.

Featured Crew

Samuel Fuller
Director
Samuel Fuller
Screenplay
Ben Nye
Makeup Artist

Cast

Richard Widmark
Richard Widmark
Skip McCoy
Thelma Ritter
Thelma Ritter
Moe Williams
Murvyn Vye
Murvyn Vye
Captain Dan Tiger