Pickup on South Street (1953)
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Subtitles for: Pickup on South Street (1953)
"How the law took a chance on a B-girl … and won!"
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.
| Rate | ★ 7.4/10 (321 votes) |
| Genre | Thriller Crime |
| Duration | 1h 20m |
| Country | United States of America |
| Release | 27 May 1953 |
| Language | EN |
| Director | Samuel Fuller |
| Keywords | pickpocket cold war film noir black and white |
| IMDb | tt0046187 ↗ |
| Type | Movie Released |
Cast
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Richard Widmark
Skip McCoy
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Jean Peters
Candy
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Thelma Ritter
Moe Williams
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Murvyn Vye
Captain Dan Tiger
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Richard Kiley
Joey
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Willis Bouchey
Zara
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Milburn Stone
Detective Winoki
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Parley Baer
Headquarters Communist in Chair (uncredited)
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Chet Brandenburg
Fight Spectator (uncredited)
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Frank Kumagai
Lum (uncredited)