Pickup on South Street
(1953)

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

Released: 1953-05-27

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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.

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Thelma Ritter

as Moe Williams

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Murvyn Vye

as Captain Dan Tiger

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Parley Baer

as Headquarters Communist in Chair

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Chet Brandenburg

as Fight Spectator

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Milburn Stone

as Detective Winoki

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Harry Carter

as Detective Dietrich

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Clancy Cooper

as Detective Eddie

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Henry Slate

as Detective MacGregor

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Heinie Conklin

as Subway Passenger

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John Gallaudet

as Detective Lieutenant Campion

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Alan Reed

as Detective

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Robert Haines

as Library Worker

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Jay Loft-Lyn

as Microfilm Library Clerk

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Joseph MacDonald

Director of Photography

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Travilla

Costume Design

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Al Orenbach

Set Decoration

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Ben Nye

Makeup Artist

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Ad Schaumer

Assistant Director

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Leigh Harline

Original Music Composer

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Charles LeMaire

Wardrobe Supervisor

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Ray Kellogg

Visual Effects

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Sam Benson

Wardrobe Supervisor

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