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Pickup on South Street

1953 · 80 min · Thriller, Crime · ★ 7.4

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

Crew

  • Director · Samuel Fuller
  • Screenplay · Samuel Fuller
  • Producer · Jules Schermer

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