Pickup on South Street (1953)

06/17/1953 1h 20m

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

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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.

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Cast Ages at Release

Richard Widmark

as Skip McCoy

Born 12/26/1914

Died 03/24/2008, age

Jean Peters

as Candy

Born 10/15/1926

Died 10/13/2000, age

Thelma Ritter

as Moe Williams

Born 02/14/1902

Died 02/05/1969, age

Murvyn Vye

as Captain Dan Tiger

Born 07/15/1913

Died 08/17/1976, age

Richard Kiley

as Joey

Born 03/31/1922

Died 03/05/1999, age

Milburn Stone

as Detective Winoki

Born 07/05/1904

Died 06/12/1980, age

Parley Baer

as Headquarters Communist in Chair (uncredited)

Born 08/05/1914

Died 11/22/2002, age

Alan Reed

as Detective (uncredited)

Born 08/20/1907

Died 06/14/1977, age