Pickup on South Street (1953)
How the law took a chance on a B-girl … and won!
Synopsis
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.
Cast
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Richard Widmark
as Skip McCoy
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Jean Peters
as Candy
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Thelma Ritter
as Moe Williams
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Murvyn Vye
as Captain Dan Tiger
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Richard Kiley
as Joey
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Willis Bouchey
as Zara
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Milburn Stone
as Detective Winoki
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Parley Baer
as Headquarters Communist in Chair (uncredited)
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Chet Brandenburg
as Fight Spectator (uncredited)
- Frank Kumagai as Lum (uncredited)
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Virginia Carroll
as Nurse (uncredited)
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Harry Carter
as Detective Dietrich (uncredited)
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Clancy Cooper
as Detective Eddie (uncredited)
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Henry Slate
as Detective MacGregor (uncredited)
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Heinie Conklin
as Subway Passenger (uncredited)
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George Eldredge
as Fenton (uncredited)
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John Gallaudet
as Detective Lieutenant Campion (uncredited)
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Alan Reed
as Detective (uncredited)
Crew
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Samuel Fuller
Director
- Joseph MacDonald Director of Photography
- Nick DeMaggio Editor
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Leigh Harline
Original Music Composer
- Jules Schermer Producer
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Samuel Fuller
Screenplay
