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Pickup on South Street

Name: Pickup on South Street
Genre: Thriller, Crime
Released: 1953-05-27
Duration: 80 min
Rating: 7.6

1953 · 1h 20m · Thriller, Crime

IMDb 7.6 RT 92%

Watch it tonight. This is a certified classic with stellar scores across the board—a tight, smart crime thriller from the master of suspense, Samuel Fuller. It's got grit, intrigue, and genuine tension that holds up perfectly as a late-night watch.

Plot

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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