Sunday, August 21, 2011

Pickup on South Street (1953)






Starring Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter, Richard Kiley, Milburn Stone, Willis Bouchey, and Parley Baer. Directed by Samuel Fuller. Barely out of prison, a pickpocket quietly helps himself to the contents of a woman's purse. His beautiful victim turns out to be an unwitting courier for the communist underground - his booty is microfilmed government secrets intended to be delivered to Moscow.

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