Pickup on South Street
7.4195380 min
ThrillerCrime
"How the law took a chance on a B-girl … and won!"
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 Cast
Richard Widmark as Skip McCoy,Jean Peters as Candy,Thelma Ritter as Moe Williams,Murvyn Vye as Captain Dan Tiger,Richard Kiley as Joey,Willis Bouchey as Zara,Milburn Stone as Detective Winoki,Parley Baer as Headquarters Communist in Chair (uncredited)
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Production
20th Century Fox