Pickup on South Street

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

May 27, 1953

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

20th Century Fox

Cast

Richard Widmark,Jean Peters,Thelma Ritter,Murvyn Vye,Richard Kiley,Willis Bouchey,Milburn Stone,Parley Baer,Chet Brandenburg,Frank Kumagaiand 23 more

Director

Samuel Fuller

Writer

Samuel Fuller,Dwight Taylor

Producer

Jules Schermer

Cinematography

Joseph MacDonald

Music

Leigh Harline

Budget

$780,000

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0046187