Pickup on South Street (1953)

Pickup on South Street (1953)

How the law took a chance on a B-girl … and won! 1953-05-27 United States of America 80 Min. PG-13
7.4 282 votes

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 is Skip McCoy
Skip McCoy
Jean Peters is Candy
Candy
Thelma Ritter is Moe Williams
Moe Williams
Murvyn Vye is Captain Dan Tiger
Captain Dan Tiger
Richard Kiley is Joey
Joey
Willis Bouchey is Zara
Zara
Milburn Stone is Detective Winoki
Detective Winoki
Parley Baer is Headquarters Communist in Chair (uncredited)
Headquarters Communist in Chair (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg is Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Frank Kumagai is Lum (uncredited)
Lum (uncredited)
Virginia Carroll is Nurse (uncredited)
Nurse (uncredited)
Harry Carter is Detective Dietrich (uncredited)
Detective Dietrich (uncredited)

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