Pickup on South Street

ThrillerCrime

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.

"How the law took a chance on a B-girl … and won!"

Rating

7.4
291 votes

Popularity

4.2719

Runtime

80 min.

Status

Released

Release Date

5/27/1953

Credits

Pickup on South Street

Richard WidmarkSkip McCoy

Pickup on South Street

Jean PetersCandy

Pickup on South Street

Thelma RitterMoe Williams

Pickup on South Street

Murvyn VyeCaptain Dan Tiger

Pickup on South Street

Richard KileyJoey

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