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Pickup on South Street

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

★ 7.4 1953 80 min NR ThrillerCrime

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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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
Topicspickpocketcold warfilm noirblack and white

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