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Pickup on South Street (1953)

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.
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Samuel Fuller profile
Samuel Fuller

Director

Samuel Fuller profile
Samuel Fuller

Screenplay

Cast

Richard Widmark profile
Richard Widmark

Skip McCoy

Jean Peters profile
Jean Peters

Candy

Thelma Ritter profile
Thelma Ritter

Moe Williams

Murvyn Vye profile
Murvyn Vye

Captain Dan Tiger

Richard Kiley profile
Richard Kiley

Joey

Willis Bouchey profile
Willis Bouchey

Zara

Milburn Stone profile
Milburn Stone

Detective Winoki

Parley Baer profile
Parley Baer

Headquarters Communist in Chair (uncredited)

Chet Brandenburg profile
Chet Brandenburg

Fight Spectator (uncredited)

Frank Kumagai profile
Frank Kumagai

Lum (uncredited)

Virginia Carroll profile
Virginia Carroll

Nurse (uncredited)

Harry Carter profile
Harry Carter

Detective Dietrich (uncredited)

Richard Widmark profile
Richard Widmark

Skip McCoy

Jean Peters profile
Jean Peters

Candy

Thelma Ritter profile
Thelma Ritter

Moe Williams

Murvyn Vye profile
Murvyn Vye

Captain Dan Tiger

Richard Kiley profile
Richard Kiley

Joey

Willis Bouchey profile
Willis Bouchey

Zara

Milburn Stone profile
Milburn Stone

Detective Winoki

Parley Baer profile
Parley Baer

Headquarters Communist in Chair (uncredited)

Chet Brandenburg profile
Chet Brandenburg

Fight Spectator (uncredited)

Frank Kumagai profile
Frank Kumagai

Lum (uncredited)

Virginia Carroll profile
Virginia Carroll

Nurse (uncredited)

Harry Carter profile
Harry Carter

Detective Dietrich (uncredited)

Extra

Release Date

May 27, 1953

Original Language

English

Budget

$780,000.00

Production Company

20th Century Fox logo

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