Pickup on South Street
How the law took a chance on a B-girl … and won!
7.4(326) 1953-05-27 80 minThrillerCrime
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.
DirectorSamuel Fuller
ScreenplaySamuel Fuller
ProducerJules Schermer
Original Music ComposerLeigh Harline
Cast & characters
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
Milburn Stone
as Detective Winoki
Parley Baer
as Headquarters Communist in Chair (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
as Fight Spectator (uncredited)
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Frank Kumagai
as Lum (uncredited)
Virginia Carroll
as Nurse (uncredited)
Harry Carter
as Detective Dietrich (uncredited)
Clancy Cooper
as Detective Eddie (uncredited)
Henry Slate
as Detective MacGregor (uncredited)
Heinie Conklin
as Subway Passenger (uncredited)
George Eldredge
as Fenton (uncredited)
John Gallaudet
as Detective Lieutenant Campion (uncredited)
Alan Reed
as Detective (uncredited)
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Robert Haines
as Library Worker (uncredited)
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Jay Loft-Lyn
as Microfilm Library Clerk (uncredited)
Ray Montgomery
as Ray, FBI Agent (uncredited)
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Jerry O'Sullivan
as FBI Agent Enyart (uncredited)
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Ray Stevens
as FBI Agent (uncredited)
Ralph Moody
as Coffin Boat Captain (uncredited)
