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Pickup on South Street

1953-05-27
  • Thriller
  • Crime
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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.

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Skip McCoy

Richard Widmark

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Candy

Jean Peters

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Moe Williams

Thelma Ritter

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Captain Dan Tiger

Murvyn Vye

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Joey

Richard Kiley

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Zara

Willis Bouchey

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Detective Winoki

Milburn Stone

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Headquarters Communist in Chair (uncredited)

Parley Baer

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