Movie·1953·1h 20m
Pickup on South Street
How the law took a chance on a B-girl … and won!
Country
United States of America
Language
English
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// overview
The Story
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.
Producer
Jules Schermer
Cinematography
Joseph MacDonald
Music
Leigh Harline
Editor
Nick DeMaggio
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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// cast
Cast
Richard Widmark
Skip McCoy
Jean Peters
Candy
Thelma Ritter
Moe Williams
Murvyn Vye
Captain Dan Tiger
Richard Kiley
Joey
Willis Bouchey
Zara
Milburn Stone
Detective Winoki
Parley Baer
Headquarters Communist in Chair (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Frank Kumagai
Lum (uncredited)
Virginia Carroll
Nurse (uncredited)
Harry Carter
Detective Dietrich (uncredited)
Clancy Cooper
Detective Eddie (uncredited)
Henry Slate
Detective MacGregor (uncredited)
Heinie Conklin
Subway Passenger (uncredited)
George Eldredge
Fenton (uncredited)
John Gallaudet
Detective Lieutenant Campion (uncredited)
Alan Reed
Detective (uncredited)
// crew
Crew
Samuel Fuller
Director, Screenplay
Jules Schermer
Producer
Joseph MacDonald
Director of Photography
Nick DeMaggio
Editor
Leigh Harline
Original Music Composer
Dwight Taylor
Story
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