Pickup on South Street (1953)
How the law took a chance on a B-girl … and won!
1953 · NR · 1h 20m · Thriller, Crime
Genres: Thriller, Crime
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.
Director: Samuel Fuller
Writers: Samuel Fuller, Dwight Taylor
Music by: Leigh Harline
Cinematography: Joseph MacDonald
Editor: Nick DeMaggio
Rated 7.4/10 by 326 viewers
Cast
Richard Widmark as Skip McCoyJean Peters as CandyThelma Ritter as Moe WilliamsMurvyn Vye as Captain Dan TigerRichard Kiley as JoeyWillis Bouchey as ZaraMilburn Stone as Detective WinokiParley Baer as Headquarters Communist in Chair (uncredited)Chet Brandenburg as Fight Spectator (uncredited)Frank Kumagai as Lum (uncredited)Virginia Carroll as Nurse (uncredited)Harry Carter as Detective Dietrich (uncredited)More like this
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