Pickup on South Street

1953

English

7.6

♡ 14

93%

Samuel Fuller Director

Harry Carter as Detective Dietrich

Milburn Stone as Detective Winoki

Thelma Ritter as Moe Williams

George E. Stone as Willie - Police Desk Clerk

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.