Pickup on South Street

Pickup on South Street

80 mins | Crime, Thriller, Romance | May 27, 1953

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.

Pickup on South Street

80 mins | Crime, Thriller, Romance | May 27, 1953

Pickup on South Street
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.
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title Pickup on South Street
Directors Ad Schaumer, Samuel Fuller
Writers Dwight Taylor, Samuel Fuller

Cast

Richard Widmark

as Skip McCoy

Jean Peters

as Candy

Thelma Ritter

as Moe Williams

Murvyn Vye

as Captain Dan Tiger

Richard Kiley

as Joey

Willis Bouchey

as Zara

Parley Baer

as Headquarters Communist in Chair

Chet Brandenburg

as Fight Spectator

Frank Kumagai

as Lum

Virginia Carroll

as Nurse

Milburn Stone

as Detective Winoki

Harry Carter

as Detective Dietrich

Clancy Cooper

as Detective Eddie

Henry Slate

as Detective MacGregor

Heinie Conklin

as Subway Passenger

George Eldredge

as Fenton

John Gallaudet

as Detective Lieutenant Campion

Alan Reed

as Detective

Robert Haines

as Library Worker

Jay Loft-Lyn

as Microfilm Library Clerk

Ray Montgomery

as Ray, FBI Agent

Jerry O'Sullivan

as Enyart, FBI Agent

Ray Stevens

as FBI Agent

Ralph Moody

as Coffin Boat Captain

Roger Moore

as Mr. Victor

Vic Perry

as Lightning Louie

George E. Stone

as Willie, Police Desk Clerk

King Mojave

as Elevator Passenger

Harry Tenbrook

as Elevator Passenger

Stuart Randall

as Police Commissioner

Wilson Wood

as Police Driver

Maurice Samuels

as Peddler