Pickup on South Street (1953)

"How the law took a chance on a B-girl … and won!"

7.4 May 27, 1953 1h 20m Released
ThrillerCrime

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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Cast

  • Richard Widmark

    Richard Widmark

    Skip McCoy

  • Jean Peters

    Jean Peters

    Candy

  • Thelma Ritter

    Thelma Ritter

    Moe Williams

  • Murvyn Vye

    Murvyn Vye

    Captain Dan Tiger

  • Richard Kiley

    Richard Kiley

    Joey

  • Willis Bouchey

    Willis Bouchey

    Zara

  • Milburn Stone

    Milburn Stone

    Detective Winoki

  • Parley Baer

    Parley Baer

    Headquarters Communist in Chair (uncredited)

  • Chet Brandenburg

    Chet Brandenburg

    Fight Spectator (uncredited)

  • Frank Kumagai

    Frank Kumagai

    Lum (uncredited)

  • Virginia Carroll

    Virginia Carroll

    Nurse (uncredited)

  • Harry Carter

    Harry Carter

    Detective Dietrich (uncredited)

  • Clancy Cooper

    Clancy Cooper

    Detective Eddie (uncredited)

  • Henry Slate

    Henry Slate

    Detective MacGregor (uncredited)

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