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Quick Info

Rating

7.3/10

Release1953

Runtime1h 20m

StatusReleased

Budget$780,000

RevenueN/A

Production

20th Century Fox

Movie

Pickup on South Street

1953

1h 20m

7.3

Thriller

Crime

Synopsis

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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