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Pickup on South Street (1953)  link to Pickup on South Street on IMDb  

Number: 2190

poster Pickup on South Street

IMDb Rating:
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7.8/10 (10132 votes)

Country: USA, 80 minutes

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Thriller, Crime, Film-Noir

Director(s): Samuel Fuller

Video Codec: Unknown

Storyline:
On a crowded subway, Skip McCoy picks the purse of Candy. Among his take, although he does not know it at the time, is a piece of top-secret microfilm that was being passed by Candy's consort, a Communist agent. Candy discovers the whereabouts of the film through Moe Williams, a police informer. She attempts to seduce McCoy to recover the film. She fails to get back the film and falls in love with him. The desperate agent exterminates Moe and savagely beats Candy. McCoy, now goaded into action, confronts the agent in a particularly brutal fight in a subway.

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Cast:

photo Richard Widmark Richard Widmark Skip McCoy
photo Jean Peters Jean Peters Candy
photo Thelma Ritter Thelma Ritter Moe Williams
photo Murvyn Vye Murvyn Vye Capt. Dan Tiger
photo Richard Kiley Richard Kiley Joey

Medium: Unknown,

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 4:3