Pickup on South Street
1953 · 80 MIN · IMDB 7.6 · 16,802 VOTES · DIR. Samuel Fuller
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline - 896 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME - EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:03:44 - What happened? - I'm not sure yet.
00:06:50 Joey, you're talking like it was hot.
00:09:10 Hey. This got something to do with homicide?
00:11:14 Listen, mister, you gotta be sure.
00:13:52 A smart cannon lives quietly...
00:18:16 - You better make this stick. - You only been out a week...
00:20:14 If you refuse to cooperate, you'll be as guilty as the traitors that gave Stalin the A-bomb.
00:25:52 Who is it?
00:30:16 Huh?
00:32:51 We'll just see, muffin.
00:35:43 Did he say what's on the film?
00:38:11 Uh-huh.
00:40:12 I'm interested.
00:42:36 I'm sorry, Skip. I -
00:46:03 Who'd believe I didn't know what I was passing? Who'd believe me?
00:48:39 You was always a regular kind of crook. I -
00:52:01 Maybe you won't be around here in a couple of days.
00:54:29 - So I don't get to have the fancy funeral after all. - #And so #
00:56:59 - Somethin' wrong? - I got a clearance to pick up number 11.
01:01:24 I'll be seein' ya.
01:03:55 I told you there was a big difference between a traitor and a pickpocket.
01:08:35 Check the janitor closets on all floors.
01:12:05 Now, don't go back to the shack, Skip.
25:00:00 How did you do it?
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed896
Dialogue density11.2 lines / min
First line00:03:44
Final line25:00:00
Production Record
DirectorSamuel Fuller
LanguageEnglish
Budget$780,000
IMDb votes16,802