Pickup on South Street (1953)

ALL 05/27/1953 (en) Thriller, Crime 80 Min
  • Release
    05/27/1953
  • Production
    20th Century Fox
  • Rotten tomato
    73.91%
  • Original title
    Pickup on South Street
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

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

Overview

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.

  1. Samuel Fuller

    Director

  2. Nick DeMaggio

    Editor

  3. Jules Schermer

    Producer



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Casts

  1. Richard Widmark

    Skip McCoy

  2. Jean Peters

    Candy

  3. Thelma Ritter

    Moe Williams

  4. Murvyn Vye

    Captain Dan Tiger

  5. Richard Kiley

    Joey

  6. Willis Bouchey

    Zara

  7. Parley Baer

    Headquarters Communist in Chair

  8. Chet Brandenburg

    Fight Spectator

  9. Frank Kumagai

    Lum

  10. Virginia Carroll

    Nurse

  11. Milburn Stone

    Detective Winoki

  12. Harry Carter

    Detective Dietrich

  13. Clancy Cooper

    Detective Eddie

  14. Henry Slate

    Detective MacGregor

  15. Heinie Conklin

    Subway Passenger

  16. George Eldredge

    Fenton

  17. John Gallaudet

    Detective Lieutenant Campion

  18. Alan Reed

    Detective

  19. Robert Haines

    Library Worker

  20. Jay Loft-Lyn

    Microfilm Library Clerk

  21. Ray Montgomery

    Ray, FBI Agent

  22. Jerry O'Sullivan

    Enyart, FBI Agent

  23. Ray Stevens

    FBI Agent

  24. Ralph Moody

    Coffin Boat Captain

  25. Roger Moore

    Mr. Victor

  26. Vic Perry

    Lightning Louie

  27. George E. Stone

    Willie, Police Desk Clerk

  28. King Mojave

    Elevator Passenger

  29. Harry Tenbrook

    Elevator Passenger

  30. Stuart Randall

    Police Commissioner

  31. Wilson Wood

    Police Driver

  32. Maurice Samuels

    Peddler

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 32 , Crews : 22

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Pickup on South Street (1953) 80 Min

ALL 05/27/1953 (en)
Thriller, Crime
  • Release 05/27/1953
  • Production
    20th Century Fox
  • Original title Pickup on South Street
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

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

Overview

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.

  1. Samuel Fuller

    Director

  2. Dwight Taylor

    Story

  3. Nick DeMaggio

    Editor

  4. Jules Schermer

    Producer