Pickup on South Street (1953)
How the law took a chance on a B-girl … and won!
Starring Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter
Directed by Samuel Fuller
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.
Runtime: 80 min.
Rating: 7.5
DVD
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America
Genres: Crime,Thriller
Keywords: cold war,pickpocket,noir
Cast
Skip McCoy
Candy
Moe Williams
Captain Dan Tiger
Joey
Zara
Headquarters Communist in Chair
Fight Spectator
Lum
Nurse
Detective Winoki
Detective Dietrich
Detective Eddie
Detective MacGregor
Subway Passenger
Fenton
Detective Lieutenant Campion
Detective
Library Worker
Microfilm Library Clerk
Ray, FBI Agent
Enyart, FBI Agent
FBI Agent
Coffin Boat Captain
Mr. Victor
Lightning Louie
Willie, Police Desk Clerk
Elevator Passenger
Elevator Passenger
Police Commissioner
Police Driver
Peddler