Pickup on South Street (Criterion #224). 1953 20th Century Fox.
Starring: Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter, Richard Kiley
Written and Directed by: Samuel Fuller
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On a crowded subway car, pickpocket Skip McCoy (Widmark) steals Candy's (Peters) wallet, which contains microfilm with top secret government information. Candy intended to deliver the goods to Communist agents. McCoy not only finds himself pursued by the feds and the police on one side, but also Candy, her ex lover Joey, and their Communist associates, and they all want that microfilm. Once McCoy finds out the significance of the microfilm, he decides he's not letting it go unless someone makes him a very rich man. Meanwhile, Candy is discovering secrets about her allies that could very well change her allegiances.
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