A pickpocket unwittingly lifts a message destined for enemy agents and becomes a target for a Communist spy ring.
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Title: Pickup on South Street (1953)
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Richard Widmark | ... | Skip McCoy | |
| Jean Peters | ... | Candy | |
| Thelma Ritter | ... | Moe Williams | |
| Murvyn Vye | ... | Police Captain Dan Tiger | |
| Richard Kiley | ... | Joey | |
| Willis Bouchey | ... | Zara (as Willis B. Bouchey) | |
| Milburn Stone | ... | Detective Winoki | |
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On a crowded subway, Skip McCoy picks the purse of Candy. Among his take, although he does not know it at the time, is a piece of top-secret microfilm that was being passed by Candy's consort, a Communist agent. Candy discovers the whereabouts of the film through Moe Williams, a police informer. She attempts to seduce McCoy to recover the film. She fails to get back the film and falls in love with him. The desperate agent exterminates Moe and savagely beats Candy. McCoy, now goaded into action, confronts the agent in a particularly brutal fight in a subway. Written by alfiehitchie
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new york city subway | thief | woman murdered | violence against a woman | microfilm |Taglines:
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In the background, musical strains are recurrently heard. They are from the song "Again", which was introduced in Road House (1948), Richard Widmark's third picture. It ties Widmark to this film's musical director, Lionel Newman, who composed the music for the former. See more »Goofs
Joey tells Candy that the stolen film is of "a new patent for a chemical formula" and "we can't get another copy of it". It is a common misconception that patents are secret. Actually they are open to the public, and another copy could have been obtained from the U. S. Patent Office for a nominal fee. See more »Alternate Versions
When the movie was released in France, the French dubbing replaced the communists spying with drug dealing to avoid political controversy. No English print with subtitles went in circulation. The French title "Le port de la drogue" could be translated by "Pier of Drug". The original version was released several years after. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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1 August 1953 (Japan) See more »Also Known As:
Blaze of Glory See more »Filming Locations:
20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Edit
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$780,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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I watched this last night on TV (HBO). I have to admit, that the tension in this movie was unsurpassed by most other FN era movies. I loved the way Chip would be all calm one moment and then VIOLENT the very next moment. It was classic. Ahh yes. The dames, the villians, the cigars and thuggish cops! It has it all. This movie delivered all the goods to me. I especially loved the way they mixed communism into the plot, very common for this era of movie. Very daring also since blacklisting was popular in those days. I rate this movie one of the best I have seen in the FN genre!