Pickup on South Street(1953)

Behind the story

What is Pickup on South Street about?

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.

Genres

Thriller, Crime

Directed by

Samuel Fuller

Release date

1953-05-27

Status

Released

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