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Richard Widmark | Skip McCoy | |
Jean Peters | Candy | |
Thelma Ritter | Williams | |
Murvyn Vye | Capt. Dan Tiger | |
Richard Kiley | Joey | |
Willis Bouchey | FBI Agent Zara | |
Jerry O'Sullivan | FBI Agent Enyart | |
Harry Carter | Dietrich | |
George E. Stone | Police clerk | |
George Eldredge | Fenton | |
Stuart Randall | Police Commissioner | |
Frank Kumagai | Lum | |
Victor Perry | Lightning Louie | |
Emmett Lynn | Bum | |
Parley Baer | Headquarters Communist in chair |
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Producer | Jules Schermer
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Writer | Samuel Fuller
Dwight Taylor |
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Cinematography | Joseph MacDonald
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Musician | Leigh Harline
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The Criterion Collection Petty crook Skip McCoy (Richard Widmark) has his eyes fixed on a big score. When the cocky three-time convict picks the pocketbook of unsuspecting Candy (Jean Peters), he finds a haul bigger than he could have imagined: a strip of microfilm bearing confidential U.S. secrets. Tailed by manipulative Feds and the unwitting courier's Communist puppeteers, Skip and Candy find themselves in a precarious gambit that pits greed against redemption, Right versus Red, and passion against self-preservation. With its dazzling cast and director Samuel Fuller's signature raw energy and hard-boiled repartee, Pickup On South Street is a true film noir by one of America’s most passionate cinematic craftsmen. |
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