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Pickup on South Street(1953)

NR05/27/1953 (US)ThrillerCrime1h 20m
74%

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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.

Movie Cast

Richard Widmark photo

Richard Widmark

Skip McCoy

Thelma Ritter photo

Thelma Ritter

Moe Williams

Murvyn Vye photo

Murvyn Vye

Captain Dan Tiger

Milburn Stone photo

Milburn Stone

Detective Winoki

Parley Baer photo

Parley Baer

Headquarters Communist in Chair (uncredited)

Chet Brandenburg photo

Chet Brandenburg

Fight Spectator (uncredited)

Frank Kumagai photo

Frank Kumagai

Lum (uncredited)

Virginia Carroll photo

Virginia Carroll

Nurse (uncredited)

Movie Stats

StatusReleased

Budget$780,000.00

RevenueNot Given

Production Company20th Century Fox

Original LanguageEnglish

Media

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