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Pickup on South Street (1953)

NR ★ 7.4/10 80 min Thriller, Crime United States English
Director: Samuel Fuller
Screenplay by: Samuel Fuller
Story by: Dwight Taylor
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How the law took a chance on a B-girl … and won!

Description

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.

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Richard Widmark
Richard Widmark Skip McCoy
Jean Peters
Jean Peters Candy
Thelma Ritter
Thelma Ritter Moe Williams
Murvyn Vye
Murvyn Vye Captain Dan Tiger
Richard Kiley
Richard Kiley Joey
Willis Bouchey
Willis Bouchey Zara
Milburn Stone
Milburn Stone Detective Winoki
Parley Baer
Parley Baer Headquarters Communist in Chair (uncredited)

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