Pickup on South Street
"How the law took a chance on a B-girl … and won!"
May 27, 19531h 20m★ 7.3Released
Genres
ThrillerCrime
Overview
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.
Starring
Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter, Murvyn Vye, Richard Kiley, Willis Bouchey
Directed by
Samuel Fuller
Produced by
Jules Schermer
Language
EN
Country
United States of America
Budget
$780,000