Pickup on South Street

Pickup on South Street

7.4 | 1953-05-27 | Thriller Crime

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.

Featured Crew

Samuel Fuller Screenplay
Samuel Fuller Director
Ben Nye Makeup Artist
Joseph MacDonald Director of Photography
Ad Schaumer Assistant Director
Nick DeMaggio Editor
George Patrick Art Direction
Lyle R. Wheeler Art Direction
Al Orenbach Set Decoration
Travilla Costume Design

Cast

Richard Widmark
Richard Widmark
Skip McCoy
Thelma Ritter
Thelma Ritter
Moe Williams
Murvyn Vye
Murvyn Vye
Captain Dan Tiger
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)

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