Pickup on South Street (1953)

Name: Pickup on South Street
Released: 1953
Cast: Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter, Richard Kiley, Murvyn Vye

Synopsis

Pickup on South Street is a 1953 American spy film noir written and directed by Samuel Fuller, and starring Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, and Thelma Ritter. Widmark plays a pickpocket who unwittingly steals a covert microfilm sought by foreign agents. The film combines elements of the traditional crime film noir with Cold War-era espionage drama. It was released by 20th Century-Fox.