Pickup on South Street
Pickup on South Street
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.
tlfi64 reviewedApril 11, 2025
Great anti-commie film noir with several points of superb, building tension. Richard Widmark hits the mark as the anti-hero; a low life, but not a psychopath like his Tommy Udo.