Pickup on South Street
How the law took a chance on a B-girl … and won!
1953-05-27 | 80 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
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Richard WidmarkSkip McCoy
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Jean PetersCandy
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Thelma RitterMoe Williams
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Murvyn VyeCaptain Dan Tiger
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Richard KileyJoey
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Willis BoucheyZara
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Milburn StoneDetective Winoki
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Parley BaerHeadquarters Communist in Chair (uncredited)
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Chet BrandenburgFight Spectator (uncredited)
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Virginia CarrollNurse (uncredited)
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Harry CarterDetective Dietrich (uncredited)
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Clancy CooperDetective Eddie (uncredited)
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Henry SlateDetective MacGregor (uncredited)
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Heinie ConklinSubway Passenger (uncredited)
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George EldredgeFenton (uncredited)
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John GallaudetDetective Lieutenant Campion (uncredited)
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Alan ReedDetective (uncredited)
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