Pickup on South Street
"How the law took a chance on a B-girl … and won!"
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.
| Release Date | May 27, 1953 | |
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| Status | Released | |
| Original Title | Pickup on South Street | |
| Runtime | 1h 20min | |
| Budget | $780,000 | |
| Revenue | — | |
| Language | English | |
| Original Language | English | |
| Production Countries | United States of America | |
| Production Companies | 20th Century Fox | |