Pickup on South Street
1953·Movie
·1h 20min·


About
How the law took a chance on a B-girl … and won!
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.
Cold War NoirPickpocket ThrillerIntrigue & SuspenseNew York CityFast-PacedSocial CommentaryCunning CharactersClassic Film
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Directed by:
Samuel Fuller, Ad Schaumer
Written by:
Samuel Fuller, Dwight Taylor
Produced by:
Jules Schermer
Composed by:
Leigh Harline, Harry M. Leonard, Lionel Newman
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