Pickup on South Street
movie
How the law took a chance on a B-girl … and won!
Released May 27, 1953
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.
Cast
Richard Widmark
as
Skip McCoy
Jean Peters
as
Candy
Thelma Ritter
as
Moe Williams
Murvyn Vye
as
Captain Dan Tiger
Richard Kiley
as
Joey
Willis Bouchey
as
Zara
Milburn Stone
as
Detective Winoki
Parley Baer
as
Headquarters Communist in Chair (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
as
Fight Spectator (uncredited)
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Frank Kumagai
as
Lum (uncredited)
Virginia Carroll
as
Nurse (uncredited)
Harry Carter
as
Detective Dietrich (uncredited)
Crew
Samuel Fuller
as
Screenplay
Samuel Fuller
as
Director
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Ben Nye
as
Makeup Artist
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Joseph MacDonald
as
Director of Photography
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Ad Schaumer
as
Assistant Director
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Nick DeMaggio
as
Editor
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George Patrick
as
Art Direction
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Lyle R. Wheeler
as
Art Direction
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Al Orenbach
as
Set Decoration
Travilla
as
Costume Design
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Jules Schermer
as
Producer
Leigh Harline
as
Original Music Composer