Pickup on South Street (1953)

7.4/10 80 min Thriller Crime

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.

Cast

Richard Widmark

Skip McCoy

Jean Peters

Candy

Thelma Ritter

Moe Williams

Murvyn Vye

Captain Dan Tiger

Richard Kiley

Joey

Willis Bouchey

Zara

Milburn Stone

Detective Winoki

Parley Baer

Headquarters Communist in Chair (uncredited)

Chet Brandenburg

Fight Spectator (uncredited)

Virginia Carroll

Nurse (uncredited)

Harry Carter

Detective Dietrich (uncredited)

Clancy Cooper

Detective Eddie (uncredited)

Henry Slate

Detective MacGregor (uncredited)

Heinie Conklin

Subway Passenger (uncredited)

George Eldredge

Fenton (uncredited)

John Gallaudet

Detective Lieutenant Campion (uncredited)

Alan Reed

Detective (uncredited)

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