Flixtheatre

Pickup on South Street

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

1953 80 min 7.4

Overview

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.

Details

Status: Released
Release Date: 1953-05-27
Budget: $780,000
Production: 20th Century Fox