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

Pickup on South Street

7.4 / 10 7.4 1953 1h 20mNR

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.

Directed by Samuel Fuller

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CAST

The people behind the story

Richard Widmark

Richard WidmarkSkip McCoy

Jean Peters

Jean PetersCandy

Thelma Ritter

Thelma RitterMoe Williams

Murvyn Vye

Murvyn VyeCaptain Dan Tiger

Richard Kiley

Richard KileyJoey

Willis Bouchey

Willis BoucheyZara

Milburn Stone

Milburn StoneDetective Winoki

Parley Baer

Parley BaerHeadquarters Communist in Chair (uncredited)