Pickup on South Street

Pickup on South Street

1953
1h 20m
7.4

7.4/10

341 votes
Thriller Crime

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

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.

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Status: Released

Budget: $780,000

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
20th Century Fox
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

pickpocket cold war film noir black and white

Quick Facts

Release Date May 27, 1953
Status Released
Language EN

Cast

Richard Widmark
Richard Widmark

Skip McCoy

Jean Peters
Jean Peters

Candy

Thelma Ritter
Thelma Ritter

Moe Williams

Murvyn Vye
Murvyn Vye

Captain Dan Tiger

Richard Kiley
Richard Kiley

Joey

Willis Bouchey
Willis Bouchey

Zara

Milburn Stone
Milburn Stone

Detective Winoki

Parley Baer
Parley Baer

Headquarters Communist in Chair (uncredited)

Chet Brandenburg
Chet Brandenburg

Fight Spectator (uncredited)

Frank Kumagai
Frank Kumagai

Lum (uncredited)

Virginia Carroll
Virginia Carroll

Nurse (uncredited)

Harry Carter
Harry Carter

Detective Dietrich (uncredited)

Key Crew

Samuel Fuller
Director
Samuel Fuller
Screenplay
Jules Schermer
Producer
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