Pickup on South Street (1953)

05/27/1953 (US) • 1h 20m

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.

Top Billed Cast

Richard Widmark

Skip McCoy

Thelma Ritter

Moe Williams

Murvyn Vye

Captain Dan Tiger

Milburn Stone

Detective Winoki

Parley Baer

Headquarters Communist in Chair (uncredited)

Chet Brandenburg

Fight Spectator (uncredited)


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$780,000.00

Revenue

-

Keywords

pickpocket

cold war

film noir

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