Pickup on South Street
1953
Movie Information
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.
Release Date
May 27, 1953
Director
Samuel Fuller
Runtime
1h 20m
Cast
Richard WidmarkJean PetersThelma RitterMurvyn VyeRichard KileyWillis BoucheyMilburn StoneParley BaerChet BrandenburgFrank Kumagai
Production
20th Century Fox
Genres
ThrillerCrime