1953 · 80 min
film noir·spy
Pickup on South Street
Directed by Samuel Fuller
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Pickup on South Street

1953 · Directed by Samuel Fuller · 80 min · film noir, heist film, spy film

★ 7.4/10 · 333 ratings on TMDB

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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