Pickup on South Street
Pickup on South Street

Pickup on South Street

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

May 27, 195380 min7.4EN
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.

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Cast

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)
Chet Brandenburg
Chet BrandenburgFight Spectator (uncredited)
Frank Kumagai
Frank KumagaiLum (uncredited)