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Pickup on South Street
"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.
Director
Samuel Fuller
Budget
$780K
Revenue
N/A
Language
en
Production
Richard Widmark
Skip McCoy
Jean Peters
Candy
Thelma Ritter
Moe Williams
Murvyn Vye
Captain Dan Tiger
Richard Kiley
Joey
Willis Bouchey
Zara
Milburn Stone
Detective Winoki
Parley Baer
Headquarters Communist in Chair (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Frank Kumagai
Lum (uncredited)
Virginia Carroll
Nurse (uncredited)
Harry Carter
Detective Dietrich (uncredited)
Clancy Cooper
Detective Eddie (uncredited)
Henry Slate
Detective MacGregor (uncredited)
Heinie Conklin
Subway Passenger (uncredited)
George Eldredge
Fenton (uncredited)
John Gallaudet
Detective Lieutenant Campion (uncredited)
Alan Reed
Detective (uncredited)
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