Pickup on South Street

Pickup on South Street (1953)

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

  • Genre: Thriller, Crime
  • Release Date: 1953-05-27
  • User Rating: 7.3/10 from 260 ratings
  • Parental Guidance: PG-13
  • Runtime: 1h 20min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: 20th Century Fox
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director:
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From 260 Ratings
7.6 93%

Summary

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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    Directing Samuel Fuller Director
    Writing Samuel Fuller Screenplay
    Production Jules Schermer Producer
    Camera Joseph MacDonald Director of Photography
    Editing Nick DeMaggio Editor
    Art George Patrick Art Direction
    Art Lyle R. Wheeler Art Direction
    Art Al Orenbach Set Decoration
    Costume & Make-Up Travilla Costume Design
    Costume & Make-Up Ben Nye Makeup Artist
    Directing Ad Schaumer Assistant Director
    Sound Harry M. Leonard Sound Editor
    Sound Winston H. Leverett Sound Editor
    Sound Leigh Harline Original Music Composer
    Writing Dwight Taylor Story
    Visual Effects Ray Kellogg Visual Effects
    Costume & Make-Up Charles LeMaire Wardrobe Supervisor
    Costume & Make-Up Sam Benson Wardrobe Supervisor
    Sound Lionel Newman Music Director
    Sound Edward B. Powell Orchestrator
    Sound Bernard Mayers Orchestrator
    Crew John Hudkins Stunt Double