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.| Status: | Released (1953-05-27) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 1 Oscar. 2 wins & 3 nominations total |
| Screen: | Samuel Fuller, Dwight Taylor |
| Productions: | 20th Century Fox |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 12149: Richard Widmark - Skip McCoy
- 19216: Jean Peters - Candy
- 7684: Thelma Ritter - Moe Williams
- 20100: Murvyn Vye - Captain Dan Tiger
- 26660: Richard Kiley - Joey
- 83149: Willis Bouchey - Zara
- 86356: Milburn Stone - Detective Winoki
Crews
- 26959: Samuel Fuller - Director - Directing
- 26959: Samuel Fuller - Screenplay - Writing
- 103668: Jules Schermer - Producer - Production
- 30288: Joseph MacDonald - Director of Photography - Camera
- 103654: Nick DeMaggio - Editor - Editing
- 1335591: George Patrick - Art Direction - Art
- 3358: Lyle R. Wheeler - Art Direction - Art
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Reviews
John Chard
Review text:
Forget the communist fervour and delve deeper. Skip McCoy is a three time loser pick pocket, unable to curb his instincts back on the street, he picks the purse of Candy on a subway train. What he doesn't realise is that Candy is carrying top secret microfilm, microfilm that is o ....
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Richard Widmark is quite effective in this quickly paced espionage thriller. He's a petty thief whom we see lifting something from a woman's purse on a busy subway train. He's not the only one watching her, though, and as he makes his exit he narrowly avoids capture the police. Why a ....
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