Pickup on South Street
Pickup on South Street

Pickup on South Street

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

7.4(297 votes)
1953
1h 20m
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.

Production

20th Century Fox

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)

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