Film

Pickup on South Street

1953 · 1h 20m · Thriller · Crime

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

IMDb

7.6

Rotten Tomatoes

92%

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.

Richard Widmark

Skip McCoy

Jean Peters

Candy

Thelma Ritter

Moe Williams

Murvyn Vye

Captain Dan Tiger

Richard Kiley

Joey

Willis Bouchey

Zara

Milburn Stone

Detective Winoki

Parley Baer

Headquarters Communist in Chair (uncredited)

Chet Brandenburg

Fight Spectator (uncredited)

Frank Kumagai

Lum (uncredited)

Virginia Carroll

Nurse (uncredited)

Harry Carter

Detective Dietrich (uncredited)

Clancy Cooper

Detective Eddie (uncredited)

Henry Slate

Detective MacGregor (uncredited)

Heinie Conklin

Subway Passenger (uncredited)

George Eldredge

Fenton (uncredited)

• Samuel FullerDirector · Screenplay
• Dwight TaylorStory
• Jules SchermerProducer
• Joseph MacDonaldDirector of Photography
• Leigh HarlineOriginal Music Composer
• Nick DeMaggioEditor

Pickup On South Street (1953) trailer

Release date

May 27, 1953

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 20m

Rated

NR

Budget

$780,000

Genres

Thriller, Crime

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