Pickup on South Street

1953 · directed by Samuel Fuller

Rating

82/100

Hit

yes

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.

Pickup on South Street (1953), directed by Samuel Fuller, rates 82/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Richard Widmark
• Jean Peters
• Thelma Ritter
• Murvyn Vye
• Richard Kiley
• Willis Bouchey
• Milburn Stone
• Parley Baer
• Chet Brandenburg
• Frank Kumagai

Crew

• Joseph MacDonald — Director of Photography
• Nick DeMaggio — Editor
• Leigh Harline — Original Music Composer
• Samuel Fuller — Screenplay

More from Samuel Fuller

1. Underworld U.S.A. (1961) — 83/100 · hit
2. The Steel Helmet (1951) — 83/100 · hit
3. Shock Corridor (1963) — 80/100 · hit
4. The Naked Kiss (1964) — 78/100
5. White Dog (1982) — 78/100
6. The Big Red One (1980) — 75/100

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