Pickup on South Street
“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.
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Cast
33 people
Richard Widmark
Skip McCoy
Known for
Judgment at Nuremberg
Night and the City
Jean Peters
Candy
Known for
Niagara
Viva Zapata!
Thelma Ritter
Moe Williams
Known for
Rear Window
All About Eve
Murvyn Vye
Captain Dan Tiger
Known for
River of No Return
Road to Bali
Richard Kiley
Joey
Known for
The Thorn Birds
Phenomenon
Willis Bouchey
Zara
Known for
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Big Heat
Milburn Stone
Detective Winoki
Known for
Gunsmoke
Invaders from Mars
Parley Baer
Headquarters Communist in Chair (uncredited)
Known for
Dave
The Ugly Dachshund
Chet Brandenburg
Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Known for
You're Darn Tootin'
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
Frank Kumagai
Lum (uncredited)
Known for
Hell and High Water
Virginia Carroll
Nurse (uncredited)
Known for
Waterloo Bridge
Harry Carter
Detective Dietrich (uncredited)
Known for
Hell and High Water
Samuel Fuller Director · Dwight Taylor Story Leigh Harline Composer
Worldwide gross $1.9M · Budget $780K · United States release May 27, 1953
Box office
Budget
$780,000
Worldwide gross
$1,900,000
Gross vs. budget
2.4×
Production
20th Century Fox
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · May 27, 1953
Theatrical
United States · May 27, 1953
Limited theatrical
United States
June 17, 1953 · Theatrical · New York City, New York
France
April 7, 1961 · Theatrical
Netherlands
August 30, 2005 · Physical · DVD
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