Pickup on South Street
Pickup on South Street
Release: 1953-05-27
·Runtime: 80m
·★ 7.3
Thriller
Crime
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
20th Century Fox
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Clancy Cooper
as Detective Eddie (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook
as Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
Richard Widmark
as Skip McCoy
Milburn Stone
as Detective Winoki
Ray Montgomery
as Ray, FBI Agent (uncredited)
Thelma Ritter
as Moe Williams
Virginia Carroll
as Nurse (uncredited)
George E. Stone
as Willie, Police Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Parley Baer
as Headquarters Communist in Chair (uncredited)
Ralph Moody
as Coffin Boat Captain (uncredited)
Roger Moore
as Mr. Victor (uncredited)
Henry Slate
as Detective MacGregor (uncredited)
Heinie Conklin
as Subway Passenger (uncredited)
John Gallaudet
as Detective Lieutenant Campion (uncredited)
Stuart Randall
as Police Commissioner (uncredited)
Jean Peters
as Candy
Murvyn Vye
as Captain Dan Tiger
Harry Carter
as Detective Dietrich (uncredited)
George Eldredge
as Fenton (uncredited)
Richard Kiley
as Joey
Willis Bouchey
as Zara
Chet Brandenburg
as Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Alan Reed
as Detective (uncredited)