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Pickup on South Street
Crime, Thriller
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.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who enjoy hard-edged urban suspense, morally compromised characters, and sharp dialogue shaped by noir fatalism.
- Tone
- tense, bleak, darkly comic
- Payoff
- adrenaline, catharsis
- Pacing
- brisk
- Intensity
- moderate
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- espionage, betrayal, survival, loyalty, moral compromise
- Setting
- early cold war, crowded urban streets and waterfront neighborhoods
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