Pickup On South Street
In New York City, an insolent pickpocket, Skip McCoy (Richard Widmark), inadvertently sets off a chain of events when he targets ex-prostitute Candy (Jean Peters) 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 (Richard Kiley), to find Skip and retrieve the valuable microfilm he now holds.
Release Date
May 27, 1953
Running Time
80 minutes
Rotten Tomatoes
92%
Starring
Richard Widmark
Jean Peters
Thelma Ritter
Credits
Director Samuel Fuller
Screenplay Samuel Fuller
Producer Jules Schermer
Cinematography Joseph MacDonald
Editing Nick DeMaggio
Music Leigh Harline
Distributor 20th Century Studios
Film Noir Confidential