MOVIE
Pickup on South Street
How the law took a chance on a B-girl … and won!
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.
ERA & CONTEXT
Pickup on South Street in its release era
Released in 1953, Pickup on South Street sits inside the 1950s catalog. Explore its creators, studio connections, genres and nearby releases from the same period.
- Release
- 1953-05-27
- Rating
- NR
- TMDB score
- 7.4/10
- Original language
- EN
- Status
- Released
- Production
- United States of America
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox
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