Pickup on South Street (1953)

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

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.

Genres: Thriller, Crime

Stars: Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter, Murvyn Vye, Richard Kiley

Release Date: 1953-05-27

Country: United States of America

Ratings: 7.343 / 10 (309 votes)

Runtime: 80 mins