Pickup on South Street (1953)

ALL 05/27/1953 (en) Thriller, Crime 80 Min
  • Release
    05/27/1953
  • Production
    20th Century Fox
  • Rotten tomato
    73.94%
  • Original title
    Pickup on South Street
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

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

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.

  1. Samuel Fuller

    Director

  2. Nick DeMaggio

    Editor

  3. Jules Schermer

    Producer



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  1. Richard Widmark

    Skip McCoy

  2. Jean Peters

    Candy

  3. Thelma Ritter

    Moe Williams

  4. Murvyn Vye

    Captain Dan Tiger

  5. Richard Kiley

    Joey

  6. Willis Bouchey

    Zara

  7. Milburn Stone

    Detective Winoki

  8. Parley Baer

    Headquarters Communist in Chair (uncredited)

  9. Chet Brandenburg

    Fight Spectator (uncredited)

  10. Frank Kumagai

    Lum (uncredited)

  11. Virginia Carroll

    Nurse (uncredited)

  12. Harry Carter

    Detective Dietrich (uncredited)

  13. Clancy Cooper

    Detective Eddie (uncredited)

  14. Henry Slate

    Detective MacGregor (uncredited)

  15. Heinie Conklin

    Subway Passenger (uncredited)

  16. George Eldredge

    Fenton (uncredited)

  17. John Gallaudet

    Detective Lieutenant Campion (uncredited)

  18. Alan Reed

    Detective (uncredited)

  19. Robert Haines

    Library Worker (uncredited)

  20. Jay Loft-Lyn

    Microfilm Library Clerk (uncredited)

  21. Ray Montgomery

    Ray, FBI Agent (uncredited)

  22. Jerry O'Sullivan

    FBI Agent Enyart (uncredited)

  23. Ray Stevens

    FBI Agent (uncredited)

  24. Ralph Moody

    Coffin Boat Captain (uncredited)

  25. Roger Moore

    Mr. Victor (uncredited)

  26. Vic Perry

    Lightning Louie (uncredited)

  27. George E. Stone

    Willie, Police Desk Clerk (uncredited)

  28. King Mojave

    Elevator Passenger (uncredited)

  29. Harry Tenbrook

    Elevator Passenger (uncredited)

  30. Stuart Randall

    Police Commissioner (uncredited)

  31. Wilson Wood

    Police Driver (uncredited)

  32. Maurice Samuels

    Peddler (uncredited)

  33. George Berkeley

    Secondary Role (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 33 , Crews : 24

Keyword

Pickup on South Street (1953) 80 Min

ALL 05/27/1953 (en)
Thriller, Crime
  • Release 05/27/1953
  • Production
    20th Century Fox
  • Original title Pickup on South Street
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

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

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.

  1. Samuel Fuller

    Director

  2. Dwight Taylor

    Story

  3. Nick DeMaggio

    Editor

  4. Jules Schermer

    Producer