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.
Title | Pickup on South Street |
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Year | 1953 |
Genre | Thriller, Crime |
Country | United States of America |
Studio | 20th Century Fox |
Cast | Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter, Murvyn Vye, Richard Kiley, Willis Bouchey |
Crew | Samuel Fuller (Screenplay), Samuel Fuller (Director), Ben Nye (Makeup Artist), Joseph MacDonald (Director of Photography), Ad Schaumer (Assistant Director), Nick DeMaggio (Editor) |
Keyword | pickpocket, cold war, film noir, preserved film |
Release | May 27, 1953 |
Runtime | 80 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 7.40 / 10 by 282 users |
Popularity | 16 |
Budget | 780,000 |
Revenue | 0 |
Language | English |