1953NR· 80 min
Pickup on South Street
How the law took a chance on a B-girl … and won!
Film-Noir
7.3 / 10TMDB Score
Summary
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.
Director: Samuel Fuller
Cast: Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter, Murvyn Vye, Richard Kiley
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100 Essential Female Performances1950saddress in titlealleyamerican communistanti communismanti communist zealotryatomic bombauto mechanicbackache
