Pickup on South Street

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Pickup on South Street ★★★ 1953

Petty thief Widmark lifts woman's wallet only to find it contains top secret Communist micro-film for which pinko agents will stop at nothing to get back. Intriguing look at the politics of the day. The creme of “B” movies. 80m/B VHS, DVD . Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter, Murvyn Vye, Richard Kiley, Milburn Stone; D: Samuel Fuller; W: Samuel Fuller; C: Joe MacDonald; M: Leigh Harline.

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