Pickup on South Street

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Richard Widmark Skip McCoy

Jean Peters Candy

Thelma Ritter Moe Williams

Murvyn Vye Captain Dan Tiger

Richard Kiley Joey