Pickup on South Street

Samuel Fuller
1953-05-27

How the law took a chance on a B-girl … and won!
7.4
80 min

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

Name Character Team
Richard Widmark Skip McCoy Unowned
Jean Peters Candy Unowned
Thelma Ritter Moe Williams Unowned
Murvyn Vye Captain Dan Tiger Unowned
Richard Kiley Joey Unowned
Willis Bouchey Zara Unowned
Milburn Stone Detective Winoki Unowned
Parley Baer Headquarters Communist in Chair (uncredited) Unowned
Chet Brandenburg Fight Spectator (uncredited) Unowned
Frank Kumagai Lum (uncredited) Unowned
Virginia Carroll Nurse (uncredited) Unowned
Harry Carter Detective Dietrich (uncredited) Unowned
Clancy Cooper Detective Eddie (uncredited) Unowned
Henry Slate Detective MacGregor (uncredited) Unowned
Heinie Conklin Subway Passenger (uncredited) Unowned
George Eldredge Fenton (uncredited) Unowned
John Gallaudet Detective Lieutenant Campion (uncredited) Unowned
Alan Reed Detective (uncredited) Unowned
Robert Haines Library Worker (uncredited) Unowned
Jay Loft-Lyn Microfilm Library Clerk (uncredited) Unowned
Ray Montgomery Ray, FBI Agent (uncredited) Unowned
Jerry O'Sullivan FBI Agent Enyart (uncredited) Unowned
Ray Stevens FBI Agent (uncredited) Unowned
Ralph Moody Coffin Boat Captain (uncredited) Unowned
Roger Moore Mr. Victor (uncredited) Unowned
Vic Perry Lightning Louie (uncredited) Unowned
George E. Stone Willie, Police Desk Clerk (uncredited) Unowned
King Mojave Elevator Passenger (uncredited) Unowned
Harry Tenbrook Elevator Passenger (uncredited) Unowned
Stuart Randall Police Commissioner (uncredited) Unowned
Wilson Wood Police Driver (uncredited) Unowned
Maurice Samuels Peddler (uncredited) Unowned
George Berkeley Secondary Role (uncredited) Unowned