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1953

Pickup on South Street

Directed by Samuel Fuller
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.

Duration

1h 20m

Released

May 27, 1953

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7.4

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Cast33

  • Richard Widmark
  • Jean Peters
  • Thelma Ritter
  • Murvyn Vye
  • Richard Kiley
  • Willis Bouchey
  • Milburn Stone
  • Parley Baer
  • Chet Brandenburg

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