Pickup on South Street (1953)
Pickup on South Street (1953)
Plot.
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 & Crew.
Richard Widmark
Skip McCoy
Jean Peters
Candy
Thelma Ritter
Moe Williams
Murvyn Vye
Captain Dan Tiger
Richard Kiley
Joey
Willis Bouchey
Zara
Parley Baer
Headquarters Communist in Chair
Chet Brandenburg
Fight Spectator
Frank Kumagai
Lum
George Berkeley
Undetermined Secondary Role
Virginia Carroll
Nurse
Milburn Stone
Detective Winoki
Harry Carter
Detective Dietrich
Clancy Cooper
Detective Eddie
Henry Slate
Detective MacGregor
Heinie Conklin
Subway Passenger
George Eldredge
Fenton
John Gallaudet
Detective Lieutenant Campion
Alan Reed
Detective
Robert Haines
Library Worker
Jay Loft-Lyn
Microfilm Library Clerk
Ray Montgomery
Ray, FBI Agent
Jerry O'Sullivan
Enyart, FBI Agent
Ray Stevens
FBI Agent
Ralph Moody
Coffin Boat Captain
Roger Moore
Mr. Victor
Vic Perry
Lightning Louie
George E. Stone
Willie, Police Desk Clerk
King Mojave
Elevator Passenger
Harry Tenbrook
Elevator Passenger
Stuart Randall
Police Commissioner
Wilson Wood
Police Driver
Maurice Samuels
Peddler
Samuel Fuller
Director / Screenplay
Jules Schermer
Producer
Al Orenbach
Set Decoration
Harry M. Leonard
Sound Editor
Winston H. Leverett
Sound Editor
Lyle R. Wheeler
Art Direction
Travilla
Costume Design
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 27, 1953
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 20m
Content RatingNR
Budget$780,000
Genres
Wiki.
Pickup on South Street is a 1953 Cold War spy film noir written and directed by Samuel Fuller, and released by 20th Century-Fox. In 2018, Pickup on South Street was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." The film stars Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, and Thelma Ritter. It was screened at the Venice Film Festival in 1953.
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